Summary and Key Points: The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the first aircraft produced by Skunk Works under Clarence "Kelly" Johnson, played a pivotal role in World War II. Some experts declare it the ...

Though swiftly retired after World War II, the Lightning continued service with French and Italian Air Force and saw combat with Chinese Nationalists (one became the first victim of the Soviet ...

In August, P-38 pilots established the world's long-distance record for a World War II combat fighter when they flew from the Philippines to the Netherlands East Indies, a distance of 3,703 km (2,300 ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: However, the Lightning’s shortcomings vis-a-vis German fighters meant it never equaled the reputation of single-engine Mustang and Thunderbolt fighters. This ...

Richard Bong's P-38 Lightning, nicknamed 'Marge' was flown by another pilot on March 24, 1944, when it crashed due to mechanical troubles.

James Kunkle Sr., a 95-year-old World War II veteran, looks at a restored Lockheed P-38 Lightning at the National Museum of World War II Aviation Saturday. Kunkle flew the P-38 during the D-Day ...

Checkout and Mission in the P-38 Lightning -- pt. 2. The young pilots : true adventures of America's fighter aces in WWII Summary Includes all of the breathtaking "how-to-fly" episodes by America's ...

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 ...

Use the controls at the bottom of the frame to navigate, zoom in and out, or view full-screen. With its distinctive twin-boom design, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning was the most recognizable U.S ...

A vintage P-38 has been discovered entombed beneath 340 feet of glacial ice in Greenland by the non-profit organization, Arctic Hot Point Solutions. The aircraft was identified as part of the Lost ...

P-38 Lightning in Flight We have only 15 seconds of a lovely Lightning, owned by the Fagen Fighters World War II Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota, flying over a winter landscape. But during ...