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P-38 Lightning: The Twin-Boom Ace Maker That Redefined Air Warfare

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, an icon of American innovation and air dominance in World War II, is still one of the most recognizable fighters of all time. First flying in 1939, the P-38 Lightning was ...
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 ...
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Lockheed P-38J-10-LO Lightning

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the P-38 Lockheed engineer ...
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 ...
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P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang fly together

Highlights from the Antidotum Airshow Leszno 2021 as the Flying Bulls displayed their P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang ...
The Pantagraph

World War II P-38 fighter discovered in Wales

NEW YORK - Sixty-five years after an American P-38 fighter plane ran out of gas and crash-landed on a beach in Wales, the long-forgotten World War II relic has emerged from the surf and sand where it ...