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AIRCRAFT >> FIGHTERS >> P-38
Catalog Number:
1973.018
Location:
5D1088
Description:
P-38 Lightnings Escort A Formation Of B-25s On A Low Sweep Over Boram Airport Near Wewak. Ironically, It Was Attack By Air That Brought The United States Into The Pacific War, And It Was In The Air That The Campaign Was Finally Decided. The Japanese Seized And Maintained Air Superiority For More Than Two Years Before The United States Was Able To Go On The Offensive.