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How Many P-38 Lightnings Are Left?

TheLockheed P-38 Lightning was one of the most successful fighters of World War II and saw service in every major theater of the conflict. TheP-38, easily recognizable for its distinctive twin-boom ...
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 ...
Contando Estrelas

The story of an American P-38 pilot who survived a dogfight with 9 enemy fighters

The Niš incident, a fierce aerial combat between Americans and Soviets in WWII An analysis of the engineering of the ...
Moviefone

Aviation at War: P-38 Lightning in World War II

Lockheed's P-38 introduced the concept of the interceptor a fighter aircraft of great speed and high rate of climb. As WWII progressed the lighting was developed in to a wide range of roles - ground ...
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Aerial Dominance: WW2 Era U.S. Aircraft with the Highest Confirmed Kills

Allied ingenuity produced a number of great fighter aircraft that would prove instrumental in their victory in World War 2 The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt and Lockheed P-38 Lightning were each capable ...