理查德·邦和索马斯·林奇的P-38战斗机编队击落了一架日军中岛Ki-61战斗机。 P-38是二次大战中美国著名战斗机之一。1942年初，一架由P-38改型的F-4侦察机突然出现在西南太平洋上空，这是P-38在战场上第一次亮相，接着P-38陆续投入欧洲战场。在8月的冰岛防御战中 ...

In the time between World War I and World War II, fighter planes underwent rapid changes. During the first World War, the Sopwith F.1 Camel was known as one of the best combat planes around. It had a ...

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 ...

2nd Lt. Allan W. Knepper took off from Tunisia in his P-38 "Lightning" aircraft as "one of many fighter waves" set to attack enemy Axis forces in Sicily, Italy on July 10, 1943. During the attack, air ...

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 it the best ...

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 ...

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 ...

MIDDLESBORO, Ky. — Glacier Girl has roared back to life, nearly 60 years after being abandoned in Greenland and becoming entombed in hundreds of feet of snow and ice. The P-38 Lightning, one of the ...

A vintage P-38 Lightning aircraft, named "Echo," has been discovered 340 feet under glacial ice in Greenland by Arctic Hot Point Solutions. "Echo" is part of the WWII "Lost Squadron," a group of ...

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 for ...