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P-38 Books
Below are the books I have in my library that I used to build the models. Some are better than others, and I attempted to rate them based on their accuracy, content, and overall presentation. When considering my subjective ratings, please recognize that my primary interest was in modeling the aircraft (rather than, say, the military history or the personalities involved in the P-38 story, as interesting as those subtopics may be), so the ratings reflect that bias.
Ratings are on a scale of 1-5, 5 being best.
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| P-38 Lightning in Detail and Scale Part 1: XP-38 through P-38H, Bert Kinzey. Squadron/Signal Publications, 1998. |
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| P-38 Lightning in Detail and Scale Part 2: P-38J through P-38M, Bert Kinzey. Squadron/Signal Publications, 1998. |
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| P-38 Lightning in Action, Larry Davis, et. al. Squadron/Signal Publications, 1990 |
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| P-38 Lightning in World War II Color, Jeffrey L. Ethell. Motorbooks International, 1994. |
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| Lockheed P-38 Lightning (Warbird Tech Series), Frederick A. Johnson. Specialty Press, 1996. |
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| Peter Three Eight The Pilots Story, John Stanaway. Pictorial Histories Publishing Company, 1986. |
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| P-38 Lightning Aces of the ETO/MTO, John Stanaway. Osprey Publishing, 1998. |
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| P-38 Lightning Aces of the Pacific and CBI, John Stanaway. Osprey Publishing, 1997. |
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| Lockheed P-38 Lightning (Production Line to Frontline Series), Michael O'Leary. Osprey Publishing, 1999. |
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| Pilots Manual for Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Lockheed/US Army circa 1944. republished by Aviation Publications sometime in the mid 1970s. |
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| Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Steve Pace. Motorbooks International, 1996. |
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| America's Hundred Thousand, Francis H. Dean, Shiffer Publishing, 1997. |
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| Fork Tailed Devil, Martin Caidin, iBooks, 2001 (original printing 1972). |
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| The P-38J-M Lockheed Lightning, Profile Publications no. 106, 1966. |
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| The P-38 Lightning, Pamela Reynolds and the P-38 National Convention, Turner Publishing Co., 1989. |
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| The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Warren M. Bodie, Widewing Publications, 2001 (first printing 1991). |
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| The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Edward T. Maloney, Aero Publications, 1968. |
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| Comouflage & Markings: Lockheed P-38, F-4 & F-5 Lightning USAAF ETO & MTO 1942 - 1945, Ducimus Books Ltd |
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| Fighting Lightnings, Michael O'Leary, Osprey Publishing, 1988. |
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| Famous Aircraft Series: The P-38 Lightning, Gene Gurney, Arco Publishing Co., 1969. |
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| P-38 Screamers: the history of the surviving Lockheed P-38 Lightnings, A. Kevin Grantham, Pictoral Histories Publishing Co., 1994. |
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| P-38 Lightning: Restoring a Classic American Warbird, Jesse Alexander, Motorbooks International, 1990. |
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| American Eagles: P-38 Lightning Units of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces, Roger Freeman, Classic Publications, 2001. |
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| Crowood Aviation Series: Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Jerry Scutts, Crowood Press, 2006. |
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