The Lockheed P-38 Lightning had been an international War II usa fighter aircraft built by Lockheed. Developed to an usa Army Air Corps requirement, the P-38 had distinctive double booms and simply one, main nacelle containing the cockpit and armament. Called "fork-tailed devil" by the Luftwaffe, the P-38 ended up being present in many functions, including dive bombing, level bombing, ground-attack, photo reconnaissance missions, and extensively as a long-range escort fighter when designed with drop tanks under its wings.