TheLockheed P-38 Lightning was one of the most successful fighters of World War II and saw service in every major theater of the conflict. TheP-38, easily recognizable for its distinctive twin-boom ...

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 best ...

On July 15, 1942, six P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft and two B-17 Flying Fortress bombers encountered a blizzard while supporting the Allied war effort in the British Isles. The aircraft were forced ...

Key point: The P-38 was a forerunner of modern multi-role fighters. In 1937, the U.S. Army Air Corp called for proposals for an interceptor capable of flying 360 miles-per-hour and climbing rapidly to ...

Warbird Restorations in Albion Park, Australia, is restoring two historic Lockheed P-38 Lightnings - "Dumbo" and Major Peyton S. Mathis Jr.'s aircraft - for museum display. Discover the precision ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the P-38 Lockheed engineer ...

James Kunkle Sr. was reunited with an old war "buddy" Saturday during a visit to the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs. Although they hadn't seen each other in at least 72 ...

The legendary P-38 aircraft found its way to Santa Rosa's blue skies Saturday for the second time since World War II. "We didn't realize how many families had members who flew the P-38," said Dave ...

In the time between World War I and World War II, fighter planes underwent rapid changes. During the first World War, the Sopwith F.1 Camel was known as one of the best combat planes around. It had a ...

A vintage P-38 Lightning aircraft, named "Echo," has been discovered 340 feet under glacial ice in Greenland by Arctic Hot Point Solutions. "Echo" is part of the WWII "Lost Squadron," a group of ...

Frank Royal's Air Force took off at 1:38 p.m. A vintage aircraft clawed through the air followed by two chase planes, one carrying the 101-year-old pilot. The last plane in the formation brought a ...