In the Pacific Theater, P-38s downed over 1,800 Japanese aircraft, and more than 100 P-38 pilots became “aces.” Before the ...

VERNON -- World War II veteran Orville Miller came home from Okinawa in 1946 with a unique memento of his service in the Pacific Theater. And it wasn't a keepsake that was easily brought back to the ...

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 ...

On July 15, 1942, six P-38 Lightning fighter aircraft and two B-17 Flying Fortress bombers encountered a blizzard while supporting the Allied war effort in the British Isles. The aircraft were forced ...

On July 8, 1944, a P-38 piloted by 23-year-old 2nd Lt. Henry Donald Mitchell of Harmon crash-landed in a deeply wooded area near Waldegg, Austria after a flight sweep to Vienna with the 48th Fighter ...

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 ...

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 ...

During World War II, as the United States was establishing a military presence in Great Britain in preparation for an invasion of mainland Europe, a squadron of six Lockheed P-38 Lighting fighter ...

The wreckage of Major Richard Bong's P-38J fighter plane, "Marge," has been discovered in Papua New Guinea by Pacific Wrecks, a WWII aircraft recovery group. The discovery was made after extensive ...

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 ...

Han Solo's Millennium Falcon from the Star Wars movies is about as recognizable as Darth Vader or a lightsaber. It's a smuggling ship, hot rod and plot device all rolled into one. After all, it's the ...

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 ...