U.S. Army Air Forces Lockheed P-38L Lightning aircraft ( Serial Number – 44-25734 ) and a ground crew member of the 94th Fighter Squadron 1st Fighter Group, poses in his self-styled auto made from salvaged Lockheed P-38 Lightning parts including a fuel tank with wheels added and a plexiglass windshield.
Air Corps Photo #75830. Of note, P-38 #25734, while assigned to 1st FG, 71st FS, was shot down by German anti-aircraft fire near Munich on 15 April 1945.
It also reminds me of this captured Japanese Human Torpedo, probably made from a plane fuel tank, from this 1949 photo taken at Naval Air Station, Saipan.
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