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In the Pacific, during early operational
evaluation of the P-38, some examples
were converted into crude night-fighters
to contend with high-flying Mitsubishi G4M
Betty bombers. The Lightning would ride the
wing of a radar-equipped Douglas P-70 (a
modified A-20 Havoc light bomber) until a
Betty was located
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Corps
Cadillac of the
Cramped two-seater
LEFT
BELOW LEFT
A three-ship formation
out of Hammer Field,
California, in September
1945. GENE HEIDER
The radar operator had to sit all hunched over his scope without room to
stretch out or move around. It was nothing like the spacious radar compartment
in a Black Widow
TOP LEFT
Lt David Hopwood
was one of the first
airmen to fly the Night
Lightning from Atsugi,
Japan. P-61s in the
background. DAVID
HOPWOOD
ABOVE LEFT
ABOVE
Lt David Hopwood
(right) and Lt John
Brewer in front of
Brewers Shady Lady.
DAVID HOPWOOD
LEFT
A Hammer Field-based
P-38M training a crew
preparing to deploy to
the Pacific. LOCKHEED
Occupying force
ABOVE