In 1942, a P-38 Lightning went missing during a mission and was presumed lost forever. Over 50 years later, it was rediscovered frozen in a glacier. Watch as we uncover the fascinating story of this ...

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 ...

Maj. Donald K. Willis crash-landed his plane in Nazi-occupied Holland then stopped at cafes for beers — all while evading the ...

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 ...

It was there that the P-38 gained its nickname ... Despite how it may look, the Lightning wasn't a weird slow experimental fighter. The twin engines made it incredibly fast with a top speed ...

The Bong Veterans Historical Center and Pacific Wrecks have announced that the Richard Bong’s P-38 fighter plane, “Marge,” has been discovered in Papua New Guinea. The discovery was the ...

2nd Lt. Allan W. Knepper took off from Tunisia in his P-38 "Lightning" aircraft as "one of many fighter waves" set to attack enemy Axis forces in Sicily, Italy on July 10, 1943. During the attack ...

The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center celebrated finding Richard Bong’s P-38 fighter plane, “Marge”, Thursday May 30th. The celebration included a livestream with the Papua New ...

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was one of the most influential fighter-bomber aircraft in the Second World War. The Germans actually nicknamed this aircraft the “Fork-Tailed Devil” for its ...

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 ...