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A rather banged up Spitfire Vb Trop. of the US 52nd Fighter Group in North Africa

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A newly completed P-38 Lightning rolls out of a hanger at the Lockheed plant in Burbank. I suspect this is one of the first several prototype P38's that were assembled for testing and evaluation. My guess for the date would be in late 1940.

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This is the first YP-38, s/n 39-689; c/n 122-2202 @ Lockheed Factory, Burbank, California.
I believe I've seen 2-3 more photos of her in this book.
An interesting article about the fate of the same a/c.
Cheers!
 
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