P-38 Lightnings captured

[pampa14]

The following post presents some photos of examples of P-38 Lightning captured by the Regia Aeronautica and the Luftwaffe during WW2. All photos can be viewed using the link:


aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/02/p-38-lightning-capturados.html



Hope you enjoy and thanks for visiting!

[komata]

pampa14

As always, very interesting images. However, the last image in the set (the one with roundels)may not in fact be a 'captured' P-38, as after the war had ended, the Italian AF received 100 late-model P-38's and used them until 1956.

BTW, and FWIW: The 'Luftwaffe' aircraft marked T9 + MK was a P-38L that was 'personally delivered' to the Germans by an American deserter in 1944.  The Germans' apparently appreciated the gesture, the American military did not...