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Original restricted us wwii flight manuals historical. These are either original or copies of manuals and blueprints used when these aircraft were in active duty, now transferred into electronic format. For those who have not seen them they are listed with links below. One of the 100 largest industrial corporations in the united states. Original manual 1944 for the b25 mitchell bomber aafincludes location and op. Lockheed p38 aircraft flight manual instruzione piloti. Lockheed p38 lightning pilots flight manual, periscope on. Yp38 redesigned preproduction batch with armament, built. If you use chrome or any other browser to download the manual, it will download. This title contains three flight manuals for the lockheed p 38 lightning and covers all the main production variants. See more ideas about lockheed p 38 lightning, lightning and aircraft.
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