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P-38 Lightning: It Might Be the Best Fighter of World War II
P-38 Lightning: The Skunk Works Fighter That Dominated WWII I have written multiple stories on the aircraft originating from ...
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The Lockheed P-38 Lightning Looked Bizarre But Its WWII Fighter Plane Record Was Astounding
In the time between World War I and World War II, fighter planes ... in North Africa, one plane is responsible for more air victories than everything else, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, also ...
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Wreck of famed P-38 fighter flown by America’s top ace found in Papua New Guinea
He took quickly to flying, making the most of the powerful and agile P-38, which was the fastest fighter plane existing at the outbreak of World War II. By December 1942 he had shot down his first ...
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World War II ace Dick Bong’s P-38 found after crashing decades ago
Many of those kills happened behind the stick of a P-38 fighter plane nicknamed “Marge ... After the U.S. entered World War II, he joined the U.S. Army Air Forces, serving multiple tours ...
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WWII pilot from Idaho accounted for 80 years after his P-38 "Lightning" was shot down
Knepper took off from Tunisia in his P-38 "Lightning" aircraft as "one ... memorialized in "The Jagged Edge of Duty: A Fighter Pilot's World War II." The book, written by historian Robert ...
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U.S. WWII Ace Richard Bong’s P-38 Believed Found
Pacific Wrecks, a World War II ... aircraft. Taylan supplied photos of a wing tip that is embossed with what appears to be “993″. Another image shows a piece of metal stamped with “Model P ...
Daily Mail1y
Missing WWII fighter plane is FOUND after 80 years: Aircraft that vanished in a daring raid on Italy is discovered 40ft underwater off the Gulf of Manfredonia
We are pretty sure that he drowned.' The diver was able to identify the wreck as a P-38 due the plane's distinctive twin-boom design. And he was able to narrow it down to Singer's aircraft ...
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Richard Bong’s P-38 fighter plane, ‘Marge,’ discovered in Papua New Guinea
“We received video and photographic documentation confirming the discovery of one of the most iconic aircraft of World War II—Richard Bong’s P-38 fighter plane, known as ‘Marge ...
The Sun1y
WW2 fighter plane that vanished on daring raid just days before allied invasion is FOUND finally solving 80-year mystery
A FIGHTER plane that vanished in a daring ... The diver was able to identify the wreck as a P-38 due the plane's distinctive twin-boom design. And he was able to narrow it down to Singer's ...
The Punch Newspapers1y
Fighter plane missing since WWII found 80 years later
The mystery surrounding the disappearance of a P-38 Lightning fighter plane during a daring raid on Italian airfields in 1943 has finally been solved. But 2nd Lt Singer never reached his target ...
The National Interest9mon
P-38 Lightning: The Best Fighter of World War II?
P-38 Lightning: The Skunk Works Fighter That Dominated WWII I have written multiple stories on the aircraft originating from Lockheed/Lockheed Martin’s legendary Skunk Works program, and passing ...