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.

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 ...