Passage: I runga i 20 Mahuru 1939, i mua i te YP-38s i hanga, me te rere whakamātautau, ka tonoa e te USAAF 66 production tuatahi P-38 Lightnings, 30 o nei i tukua ki te USAAF i waenganui o 1941, engari kihai i enei rererangi katoa i patu. i muri i whakaurua nga rererangi unarmed ki wha.50 i roto i (12.7 mm) pu machine (i te wahi o te rua.50 i roto i/12.7 mm me e rua.30 i roto i/7.62 mm o ratou mua) me te 37 (1.46 i roto i) cannon. i ratou ano hoki karaihe taiaho, kokopi taiaho me mana kokopiko fluorescent. oti tetahi ki te cabin pressurized katoa i runga i te whakamātautau, me te tohua XP-38A. No te mea ki te USAAF i riro i pūrongo i Europe, i te toe i roto i te rota matua 36 i whakahoutia ki te whakapai ake pērā i te waro-aunoa i te hinu tank me te kore i te katoa o enei waka rererangi i te marama o Hōngongoi 16, 1941, i whakaha
Ko te XP-38A