In the Pacific Theater, P-38s downed over 1,800 Japanese aircraft, and more than 100 P-38 pilots became “aces.” Before the arrival of the vaunted North American P-51D Mustang, towards the end ...

Richard Bong - the deadliest American WWII pilot - amassed ... to train on the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. At its time, the P-38 ...

Following World War II, US junkyards and surplus stores were ... it was an extra fuel tank attached to the bottom of a P-38 fighter plane. So it was already proven to to be aerodynamic.

Lockheed's P-38 introduced the concept of the interceptor a fighter aircraft of great speed and high rate of climb. As WWII progressed the lighting was developed in to a wide range of roles ...

towards the end of World War II, U.S. forces relied on other, less superlative aircraft for long-range bomber escorts—primarily the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Instantly recognizable for its twin ...