Some Photos of P-38's in Australia

	P-38 Lightnings being unloaded from American aircraft carrier USS Barnes at Brisbane Wharves
	Eighteen P-38 Lightnings, with wings missing, at Eagle Farm airport, possibly just after being offloaded from a US naval convoy. See the above photo of a P-38 being lifted from an aircraft carrier.
	A gaggle of P-38 Lightnings at Amberley air base west of Brisbane in November 1942
	A closer look at the P-38's at Amberley. Looks like there are 18 of them. Possibly the same 18 in the above photo at Eagle Farm
	Two P-38 Lightnings parked at Depot No. 2 near Garbutt at the foot of Mount Louisa. The aircraft are #122 and #132. Michael Claringbould confirmed that these numbers represent the last three digits of the CNs, 7122 and 7132 which are P-38Gs serials #42-12688 and #42-12698 respectively. These were applied by the 17th Pursuit Squadron (Provisional) which delivered the aircraft. They were replaced with 39th Fighter Squadron two-digit codes in January 1943.
	A much larger version of the above photo showing two P-38's (160Kbytes)

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