The P-38 Lightning was one of the most distinctive American fighters of WWII, but its reputation was often misunderstood. Its design, development, combat record, and problems reveal why the twin-boom ...

A fighter plane that vanished 80 years ago during a WWII-era raid on Italy has been found in the country's sea, according to a report in The Daily Mail. The story eerily mirrors the circumstances ...

The P-38 Lightning was one of America’s most ambitious fighter designs, but its path to success was filled with technical problems and early doubts. From compressibility issues to Pacific triumphs ...

Key point: Despite its flaws, the P-38 was a rare early example of a successful “heavy” fighter boasting speed, range, and firepower—similar to modern multi-role fighters like the F-15 and Su-27. In ...

The first P-38s became operational with the 1st Fighter Group in April 1941, and the initial combat deployments were made in Alaska, the Southwest Pacific and North Africa during the latter part of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. P-38J Lightning 42-103993 nicknamed “Marge,”with Captain Richard I. Bong in the cockpit. The jubilation the search team felt when ...

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 ...