P-38 Lightning fighter WWII documentary training films+Pilots manual

Description: The P-38 DVD " width="100%" height="90" border="0"> The P-38 DVD Video with Pilot Training Manual for the Lightning P-38 Description Loose Cannon is proud to preserve the USA's military history via its unique DVD film collections. Using a combination of U.S. Dept. of Defense archive films, combat footage, and period newsreels of the time, each film features actual wartime footage and or first-person accounts from those that were there. This disc features several films about or featuring the P-38 Lightning. Developed by Lockheed as an American single-seated, piston-engined fighter aircraft during World War II. The P-38 had distinctive twin booms and a central nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Allied propaganda claimed it had been nicknamed the 'fork-tailed devil' by the Luftwaffe and "two planes, one pilot" by the Japanese. Along with its use as a general fighter, the P-38 was used in various aerial combat roles, including as a highly effective fighter-bomber, a night fighter, and as a long-range escort fighter when equipped with drop tanks. Used in the aerial reconnaissance role, the P-38 accounted for 90% of the aerial film captured over Europe. The P-38 was used most successfully in the Pacific Theater of Operations and the China-Burma-India Theater of Operations as the aircraft of America's top aces. It was also flown in combat in the Pacific by famous aviator Charles Lindbergh. The Lightning also figured in one of the most significant operations in the Pacific theater - the interception and shoot down of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the architect of Japan's naval strategy in the Pacific including the attack on Pearl Harbor. Unusual for a fighter of this time, the exhaust was muffled by the turbosuperchargers, making the P-38's operation relatively quiet. The two turbosuperchargers also provided the P-38 with good high-altitude performance, making it one of the earliest Allied fighters capable of performing well at high altitudes. *** ALSO on this disc(as a digitized document) is the 'Pilot Training Manual for the P-38 Lightning' (101 pgs.) published by the Army Air Force, 1 Aug. 1945. An amazingly clear and well-illustrated guide to _everything_ possible a pilot would need to know about operating anything on the P-38. Easy to read on any PC or computer. Not a printed manual - on disc only. The DVD contains five movies: - P-38 Flight Characteristics Shows normal and emergency operating characteristics of the P-38. Demonstrates precautions and techniques for taking off, flying, and landing, showing in detail how controls and apparatus should be manipulated. Explains how to take off and fly with only one engine, and shows how to bail out. Color (35 min) - LOOK TO LOCKHEED FOR LEADERSHIP A promotional film by Lockheed showing their history of avaiation innovations, and a look at their special manufacturing/quality control methods. The film ends with a special segement on their newest pursuit plane, the P-38. (12 min) - ANGEL IN OVERALLS (1943) Made during World War II as an industrial incentive film -- a propaganda film made to encourage war plant workers in their daily tasks -- ANGEL IN OVERALLS presents a look at the construction and performance of the Lockheed P-38 "Lightning". The film shows P-38 fork tail devils in combat, flying aerial surveillance and intelligence missions, and more. (15 min) - THE AIR FORCE STORY THE TIDE TURNS, JUNE-DECEMBER 1942, Chap. 10 Footage of the Army Air Force's new P-38's in the New Guinea to be flown against the Japanese. (9 mins) - Misc. Newsreels United Newsreel showing P-38s arriving by ship in Australia. (6 mins) View our other military history DVDs here; The Great Battles series, Famous Generals, Rifle Marksmanship, Night Vision, Dog Training, Jeeps, Fighters/Bombers, Battleships/Aircraft Carriers, Submarines, Civil Defense films, Fallout shelters and more... * Note - these films were all produced by the US Department of Defense or US government. Purchase Policy : We always ship within 24 hours of receiving payment. Any items received damaged or unreadable are always replaced at no charge to buyer. Payment and Shipping Info Payment Options PayPal, or Credit card via PayPal Shipping/Handling Rate FREE within the U.S., via USPS First Class mail (DVD is a hybrid disc, and is readable in almost any PC or MAC, or playable in most DVD players. Discs are shipped in a PAPER SLEEVE with RECYCLED PACKAGING to keep costs low.) No plastic case is included. Another quality product from... " width="200" height="98" border="1">

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