Lockheed YP-80A "Shooting Star"

This aircraft was built by  GregoryP using the Version 4.00.164 AvHistory 1% Assembly Line process. The 1% version of this plane is based on  the stock MS/CFS3 visual which has been repainted.

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John BRAVO/4 Whelan's excellent historical paint represents the YP-80A, tail number 44-83028. This seldom seen livery was designed so that allied pilots & AAA crews would not confuse the Shooting Star for a German machine during operational flights over Italy.

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The service history of the Shooting Star begins in 1944, when the decision was made to deploy four service test YP-80As to Europe to demonstrate their capabilities to combat crews and to help in the development of tactics to be used against Luftwaffe jet fighters.

YP-80A's 44-83026 and 83027 were shipped to England in mid-December 1944, but 44-83026 crashed on its second flight in England, killing its pilot. 44-83027 was turned over to the British government and modified by Rolls-Royce to flight test the B-41, the prototype of the Nene turbojet. On November 14, 1945, 44-83027 was destroyed in a crash landing after an engine failure.
Aircraft numbers 44-83028 and 83029 were shipped to the Mediterranean.

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They flew some operational sorties over Italy, but they never encountered any enemy aircraft. They were both returned to the USA after the war.