Before the arrival of the vaunted North American P-51D Mustang, towards the end of World War II, U.S. forces relied on other, less superlative aircraft for long-range bomber escorts—primarily ...

Among the P-38's many attributes is that it was one of the most versatile fighter aircraft. Its roles included those of a fighter-bomber, a night fighter, a long-range escort fighter, a bomber ...

The P-38 was also faster than both the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero and the German Messerschmidt BF-109 in their top speeds and could absorb more damage than many other aircraft in similar roles.

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 P-38, a World War II-era American piston-engine fighter aircraft developed by Lockheed for the U.S. Army Air Corps, was the preferred aircraft of American’s top aces. It could do anything!

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 ...

U.S. WWII Ace Richard Bong’s P-38 Believed Found The fighter aircraft, which crashed in 1944, has been identified and verified in Papua New Guinea.

The Bong Veterans Historical Center and Pacific Wrecks announce that Richard Bong's P-38 fighter plane, "Marge", has been discovered in Papua New Guinea. The aircraft was lost in 1944.

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 ...

A P-38 Lightning, nicknamed "Echo," from the "Lost Squadron" of WWII aircraft, was discovered buried under 340 feet of ice in Greenland. The plane was part of a group of aircraft forced down in a ...