When World War II began, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning stood out in American service. It had twin engines on slim booms, a central pod for the pilot and guns, and could fly farther and higher than ...

P-38 Lightning pilot Christopher Bartlett faced Japanese fighters, severe damage, and a dangerous water landing in the South ...

In the Pacific Theater, P-38s downed over 1,800 Japanese aircraft, and more than 100 P-38 pilots became “aces.” Summary and Key Points: The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the first aircraft produced by ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Despite its flaws, the P-38 was a rare early example of a successful “heavy” fighter boasting speed, range and firepower—similar to modern multi-role fighters like ...

Click to open image viewer. From 1942 to 1945, the thunder of P-38 Lightnings was heard around the world. U. S. Army pilots flew the P-38 over Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific; from the ...

World War II veterans JJ Inman, right in wheelchair, Stuart Whitman, left in wheelchair, and Bill Roche, behind Whitman, are joined by two other WWII veterans and a small group of people in front of ...

The jubilation the search team felt when it discovered "Ace of Aces" Richard Bong's downed P-38 Lightning fighter plane in a South Pacific jungle reverberated more than 8,000 miles away in northern ...

Visit one of the few P-38's in the world. Visit one of the few P-38's in the world, and learn of the restoration project by the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior, WI. Visit one of ...

It flew across the Pacific in World War II, and was scrapped and buried in Papua New Guinea afterward — but the Lockheed P-38 Lightning landed a home Thursday at the National Museum of World War II ...