TheLockheed P-38 Lightning was one of the most successful fighters of World War II and saw service in every major theater of ...

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning struck fear into the hearts of the enemy. ... In the time between World War I and World War II, fighter planes underwent rapid changes.

Overall, the P-38 downed more than 1,800 Japanese aircraft — with more than 100 of her pilots attaining ace status — thus making her the most statistically successful U.S. Army Air Forces ...

In the chaos of WWII, not all stories were about heroes. This is the true and shocking tale of an American pilot who stole a P-38 fighter plane and defected to the Germans. ️ A betrayal that ...

The Bong Veterans Historical Center and Pacific Wrecks announce that Richard Bong's P-38 fighter plane, "Marge", has been discovered in Papua New Guinea. The aircraft was lost in 1944.

During World War II, Olympia served as a training base for the P-38 Lightning, a popular fighter aircraft. Though more than 10,000 Lightnings were built during the war, Olympic Airshow Director ...

Maj. Richard Ira Bong with one of the P-38 fighter planes nicknamed "Marge" that he flew during World War II. (hoto by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ...

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 ...

- The famous P-38 Lightning Fighter plane flown by World War II ace of aces Richard I. Bong — and decorated with a photograph of its namesake Marge — was discovered last week nose-down in a ...

This little brother of a P-38 fighter is the type of plane in which U.S. civilians will want to fly their families around in the postwar air. So, at least, Popular Science Monthly decided last week ...