J Charter wrote:

> P-38   I had I little plastic toy one from a cereal box maybe.  I used
> to build aircraft carriers from wood and launch and land the Lightning
> over a broadloom sea.  Were they carrier-based I now wonder?

No, not at all !
The P-38 Lightning was in service with the US Army Air Force.
It never operated from onboard a carrier. This is for sure.

BTW, the first twin-engined aircraft in history that got released for
carrier
operations within the US Navy was the Grumman F7F Tigercat
which is also a nice plane, though not as elegant and well-known
as the P-38 is.

Jens

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