An update to one of my older P-38 skins. This aircraft, a P-38L-1, was delivered in natural metal but olive drab camo over light grey was applied in field. Pilot unknown, unusual for an aircraft with multiple kills.
The 80th Fighter Group spent its entire active career serving with the Tenth Air Force in India and Burma. The Group was formed in the United States and formed part of the New York Fighter Wing, I Fighter Command, First Air Force during 1942-43.
Assigned to the China-Burma-India Theater, the Group arrived in India in June 1943. It entered combat in September flying a mix of P-38 Lightnings and P-40 Warhawks. The group concentrated on ground attack duties, first with its P-38s and P-40s and later with the P-47 Thunderbolt. The unit took part in the fighting in northern Burma in 1944 and in the invasion of Burma in 1945. It also helped to defend the Indian end of the "Hump" air supply route to China.
