"Upon its official introduction in 1940, the P-38 was capable of climbing to 3,300 feet in a single minute and reaching 400 ...

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 ...

At its time, the P-38 was the first American military ... and France all operated aircraft carriers and aircraft carrier-based dive bombers in WW2.

American WWII aces who shot down five or more enemy aircraft, died after a storied 37-year career in the United States Army, ...

Cadw, the historic monuments agency, said it was the first time a military aircraft crash site in the UK had been legally protected in this way. The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is buried two metres ...

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 ...

Perry Dahl, an Army Air Forces fighter pilot who shot down nine enemy aircraft in the Pacific during World War II while surviving ... version of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, and he excelled ...