P-38 Lightning - Hoodie F-100 RNAS Yeovilton

RNAS Yeovilton

The Black Widow first flew in 1942 and entered military service with the United States Army Air Forces in 1944 as a night-fighter

The Tempest was mainly used at low-level and for intercepting V-1 Flying Bombs as the aircraft was a superb gun platform

Best known for the Sidcot Suit

SX336 was built by Westland of Yeovil in 1946 and is one of the only remaining types flying in the UK today

P-38 Lightning - Hoodie F-100 RNAS YeoviltonLockheed P 38 Lightning Designed by Clarence 'Kelly' Johnson, the Lightning first flew in 1939 and entered military service in 1941. It had a distinctive design with a central nacelle and twin booms. The P 38 was most successful in the Pacific theatre, flown by aces such as Richard Bong, Thomas McGuire and Charles H. MacDonald. The Honduran Air Force used the Lightning right up until 1965.