92280 P-38G Lightning

6 decal variants:

1. P-38G, 347th FG, 339th FS, Operation Bougainville, April 1943

2. P-38G, 347th FG, 339th FS, Operation Bougainville, April 1943

3. P-38G, 347th FG, 339th FS, Operation Bougainville, April 1943

4. P-38G, Esq. OK / OTA, Portugal 1943

5. P-38G, 475th FG, 431th FS, Dobodura, New Guinea, late 1943

6. P-38G, ex 14th FG, Sonderkommando Rozarius, 1943-44

It was no match for the single-engine Messerschmitt Bf 109 and Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighters, but for its size it was also very easy to fly and effective - at least with capable pilots. This was especially true in the Southwest Pacific, where the most successful American pilots, Major Richard I. Bong and Major Thomas B. McGuire.