The 320 new P-38 airframes were divided into three groups as they rolled off the assembly line. The first 320 planes produced were flown directly to modification centers or to storage. This order was shortened during production with the last 380 aircraft being cancelled due to the war’s changing requirements. P-38L-5-LO 44-53186 was one seven hundred aircraft ordered as “L-5” Lightnings that All of the combat experience and hard lessons learned by the USAAF were poured into this plane, making it the deadliest Lightning to date. 44-53186 would be born as an “L dash 5” P-38, considered the best and most capable of the fighter P-38 variants. The P-38 design had been improving rapidly as this aircraft was being assembled in 1945. P-38L-5-LO “44-53186” was one of a hundred thousand plus aircraft ordered in fiscal 1944 by the U.S.
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