The Gazette

P-38 Lightning finds a home at newly built National Museum of World War II Aviation hangar in Colorado Springs

It flew across the Pacific in World War II, and was scrapped and buried in Papua New Guinea afterward — but the Lockheed P-38 Lightning landed a home Thursday at the National Museum of World War II ...
TJ3 History Official on MSN

What it was REALLY Like Flying a P-38 Lightning

Experience the harrowing story of Second Lieutenant Christopher Bartlett, a P-38 Lightning pilot in the South Pacific during World War II. Follow his intense mission escorting bombers over Japanese ...
Green Bay Press-Gazette

Search team finds plane once flown by a Wisconsin WWII hero, 'Ace of Aces' Richard Bong

The jubilation the search team felt when it discovered "Ace of Aces" Richard Bong's downed P-38 Lightning fighter plane in a South Pacific jungle reverberated more than 8,000 miles away in northern ...
The National Interest

P-38 Lightning

Summary and Key Points: The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the first aircraft produced by Skunk Works under Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, played a pivotal role in World War II. Some experts declare... Key point ...
Caliban Rising on MSN

P-38 Lightning vs Mosquito: Performance, Combat, and Legendary Missions

Explore the combat capabilities and legendary missions of the P-38 Lightning and Mosquito. From speed, armament, and range to ...
Flying

Another WII P-38 Lightning Found Beneath the Ice in Greenland

A vintage P-38 has been discovered entombed beneath 340 feet of glacial ice in Greenland by the non-profit organization, Arctic Hot Point Solutions. The aircraft was identified as part of the Lost ...
The National Interest

P-38 Lightning: The Backbone of America’s World War II Air Force

Before the arrival of the vaunted North American P-51D Mustang, towards the end of World War II, U.S. forces relied on other, less superlative aircraft for long-range bomber escorts—primarily the ...
The Gazette

P-38 pilot reunited with fighter at Colorado Springs World War II museum

James Kunkle Sr. was reunited with an old war "buddy" Saturday during a visit to the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs. Although they hadn't seen each other in at least 72 ...
insider.si.edu

P-38 Lightning [videorecording] / directed by David E. Jackson

Special features: Original WWII training film; interview with ace-fighter pilot Colonel Bruce Porter; photo album; interactive multiple camera angles; bonus DVD-ROM with complete WWII Pilot's ...
PBS

P-38 Lightning Restoration

Visit one of the few P-38's in the world. Visit one of the few P-38's in the world, and learn of the restoration project by the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center in Superior, WI. Visit one of ...
Smithsonian Magazine

P-38 Lightning in Flight

We have only 15 seconds of a lovely Lightning, owned by the Fagen Fighters World War II Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota, flying over a winter landscape. But during World War II, Japanese or German ...