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  • Collection: Fred Hill World War II Photographs

P-38, "Strictly Laffs"
"The P-38 'Strictly Laffs' assigned to Charles Lindburgh - used for training P-38 pilots"

P-38, Crashed
"Crashed and burning P-38"

P-38, Engine
"P-38 Engine"

P-38, Inspection
"P-38 major (1,000 hrs?) check up" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Inspecting a P-38. Ten or twelve mechanics do a 200-hour inspection on this twin-engine fighter, the only mass-produced twin-engine fighter in World War II. '[T]he P-38 will be forever…

P-38's at Lingayen 1
"Line up of P-38 fighter planes"

P-38's at Lingayen 2
"P-38's on their parking pads - Luzon Philippines"

P-47, "Gilde Jean"
"Gilde Jean" From "Darkroom Soldier": "Gilde Jean. Hill described a flight in this P-47, 'the largest and heaviest WWII single-engined single-seat fighter ever built.' First used in the European theater, the 'final version, the P-47N, was built…

P-51, Minnesota Wildcat
"P-51 Minnesota Wildcat"
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