When lightning strikes, it rarely does so quietly, and few combat aircraft live up to that metaphor quite like theLockheed P-38 Lightning. Thanks to its twin-boom silhouette, concentrated nose ...

Click to open image viewer. From 1942 to 1945, the thunder of P-38 Lightnings was heard around the world. U. S. Army pilots flew the P-38 over Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Pacific; from the ...

In the Pacific Theater, P-38s downed over 1,800 Japanese aircraft, and more than 100 P-38 pilots became “aces.” Summary and Key Points: The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the first aircraft produced by ...

Richard Bong’s P-38 Lightning “Marge” became one of the most legendary aircraft of the Pacific War. It carried America’s top ace through countless victories and defining moments in aerial combat. This ...