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

AeroTime looks at some of the most fascinating World War Two stories, revealing why the hunt for undiscovered aircraft ...

P-38 Lightning: The Skunk Works Fighter That Dominated WWII I have written multiple stories on the aircraft originating from Lockheed/Lockheed Martin's legendary Skunk Works program, and passing ...

While the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was the heaviest single-engine fighter plane of the war, it was a versatile and highly capable craft used in various roles. Equipped with a Pratt and Whitney R ...

Following World War II, US junkyards and surplus stores were ... it was an extra fuel tank attached to the bottom of a P-38 fighter plane. So it was already proven to to be aerodynamic.

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 ...

Dick Barker was a P-38 fighter pilot during the Second World War. He was Betty White's first husband and their marriage only ...