The History of One-Hundred Thirteen P-38 Lightning Aircraft Constructed by Consolidated-Vultee Aviation Corporation of Nashville Tennessee, 1945
The History of One-Hundred Thirteen P-38 Lightning Aircraft Constructed by Consolidated-Vultee Aviation Corporation of Nashville Tennessee, 1945
dc.contributor.advisor | Beckman, Wendy | |
dc.contributor.author | Bitzer, George | |
dc.contributor.committeemember | Ferrara, Ronald | |
dc.contributor.department | Aerospace | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-18T19:08:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-12-18T19:08:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015-08-03 | |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this research project was to trace and locate 113 P- 38 Lightning Aircraft that were constructed by Consolidated-Vultee Aviation Corporation of Nashville-Tennessee. A determination as to where they were located at the end of World War II, along with their subsequent location, was attempted. This project utilized historical research with a qualitative approach where data was accumulated, evaluated and formulated based on events that happened 70 years ago. A triangulation practice is the process of collecting data, not from just one source, but from several sources. This process helps strengthen the individual data, compensated by others to create a complete picture of the phenomenon being researched. The research does not focus on pilots that flew the P-38’s. However, a few pilot names may be mentioned that were involved in an accident the aircraft may have suffered. The Army Air Force requested 2000 P-38’s Model “ L “ built by Consolidated-Vultee for the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in Burbank, California. The War Department did not know at the time how long the present conflict of war might last. | |
dc.description.degree | M.S. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/4729 | |
dc.publisher | Middle Tennessee State University | |
dc.subject | Aviation | |
dc.subject | Consolidated-Vultee | |
dc.subject | History | |
dc.subject | P38 | |
dc.subject.umi | Aerospace engineering | |
dc.thesis.degreegrantor | Middle Tennessee State University | |
dc.thesis.degreelevel | Masters | |
dc.title | The History of One-Hundred Thirteen P-38 Lightning Aircraft Constructed by Consolidated-Vultee Aviation Corporation of Nashville Tennessee, 1945 | |
dc.type | Thesis |
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