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How Many P-38 Lightnings Are Left?

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 ...
The National Interest

Meet the P-38 Lightning: The Plane Nazi Germany Feared the Most

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 ...
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Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning

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 ...
The National Interest

Meet the Flying P-38 Powerhouse of WWII

Key point: 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 the F-15 and Su-27. In ...
Flying

U.S. WWII Ace Richard Bong’s P-38 Believed Found

A World War II aircraft recovery group, Pacific Wrecks, has confirmed finding the wreckage of "Marge," the P-38J flown by America's top flying ace, Major Richard Bong, in Papua New Guinea. The ...
New Haven Register

World War II veteran Orville Miller builds replica Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft, recounts memories

VERNON -- World War II veteran Orville Miller came home from Okinawa in 1946 with a unique memento of his service in the Pacific Theater. And it wasn't a keepsake that was easily brought back to the ...
Southwest Times Record

Excavation of an Arkansan's World War II P-38 crash site in Austria unearths 'possible human remains'

On July 8, 1944, a P-38 piloted by 23-year-old 2nd Lt. Henry Donald Mitchell of Harmon crash-landed in a deeply wooded area near Waldegg, Austria after a flight sweep to Vienna with the 48th Fighter ...
PBS

P-38 Lightning Restoration

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 ...
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Why a P-38 Attacked B-17 Bombers

This is the story of the only time in history that an American made P-38 Lightning attacked American B-17 Bombers - when Italian pilot Angelo Tondi flew a captured US Army Air Force Lightning into a ...
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Wreck of famed P-38 fighter flown by America’s top ace found in Papua New Guinea

The wreck of a P-38 fighter flown by America’s all-time top flying ace was found last week, 80 years after it crashed in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. Capt. Richard I. Bong, who was credited for ...
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Destructor Unit, Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. From 1942 to 1945, the thunder of ...