| Type | Single seat fighter and reconnaissance plane |
| Engine | 2 Allison V-1710- (111 and 113) with 3-bladed Curtiss electric constant-speed propellers (LH and RH rotation) |
| Dimensions | Length 11,53 m , height 3,91 m , span 15,85 m , wing area 30,43 m2 , airfoil root NACA 23016 tip NACA 4412 |
| Weights | Empty 5806 kg, loaded 7938 kg, max. take off weight 9798 kg |
| Performance | Max.. speed 666 km/h at 7620 m , cruising speed 443 km/h ,stall speed 169 km/h, range 2100 km, ferry range 5300 km endurance , service ceiling 13000 m , climb 24,1 m/sec. |
| Armament | None only 3 cameras. |
| Type | Werk.Nr | Registration | History |
| Lockheed P-38J-25-LO Lightning, F-5E photo-reconnaissance | 44-23725 | T9+MK | While serving with the 354th Air Services Squadron, this particular aircraft was stolen on Oct 13 1944 by USSAF pilot Martin James Monti (Italian-Swiss father and German mother) when he defected to the Axis side. Monti hitched a flight aboard a C-46 from his base in Pakistan, to Cairo, and then to Italy via Tripoli. He stole the plane from the 354th Air Service Squadron at Pomigliano Airfield, near Naples, Italy, and landed this Lightning near Milan. The Italians had captured the aircraft and handed it over to the Germans. The Lightning was overall bare metal but the Luftwaffe painted the entire underside bright yellow from mid-fuselage down with T9+MK Luftwaffe serials. The aircraft was recaptured by US troops at Schwangau during May 1945. |
