Lockheed P-38 Lightning

Variants

Version and total manufactured or converted
Variant	Built or Converted	Comment
XP-38	1	Prototype
YP-38	13	Evaluation aircraft
P-38	30	Initial production aircraft
XP-38A	1	Pressurized cockpit
P-38D	36	Fitted with self-sealing fuel tanks/armored windshield
P-38E	210	First combat-ready variant, revised armament
F-4	100+	reconnaissance aircraft based on P-38E
Model 322	3	RAF order: twin right-hand props and no turbo
RP-322	147	USAAF trainers
P-38F	527	First-fully combat-capable P-38 fighter
F-4A	20	reconnaissance aircraft based on P-38F
P-38G	1,082	Improved P-38F fighter
F-5A	180	reconnaissance aircraft based on P-38G
XF-5D	1	a one-off converted F-5A
P-38H	601	Automatic cooling system; Improved P-38G fighter
F-5C	123	based on P-38H
P-38J	2,970	new cooling and electrical systems
F-5B	200	reconnaissance aircraft based on P-38J
F-5E	605	P-38J/L conversion
P-38K	1	paddle props; new engines
P-38L-LO	3,810	Improved P-38J new engines; new rocket pylons
P-38L-VN	113	P-38L built by Vultee
F-5F	-	reconnaissance aircraft based on P-38L
P-38M	75	night-fighter
F-5G	-

Over 10,000 Lightnings were manufactured in all, becoming the only U.S. combat aircraft that remained in continuous production throughout the duration of American participation in World War II. The Lightning had a major effect on other aircraft; its wing, in a scaled-up form, was used on the L-049 Constellation.

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