The Lockheed P-38 Lightning, affectionately nicknamed the “Fork-Tailed Devil,” was one of the most formidable fighters of ...

Lockheed’s P-38 achieved performance that took the plane to new heights in aviation history, flying in a range that no one ...

Museum records show that Lockheed assigned the construction number 422-2273 to the National Air and Space Museum's P-38. The Army Air Forces accepted this Lightning as a P-38J-l0-LO on November 6, ...

According to the National Museum of the Air Force, the P-38 Lightning was the faithful steed of seven out of the top eight ace pilots. Major Richard Bong was awarded a Medal of Honor for his deeds ...

P-38 Lightning. January 27, 2015. Get our newsletter! ... The P‑38L on display at the Erickson Aircraft Collection was manufactured in 1944 and restored in the late 1990s.

P-38 Lightning Restoration 1/19/2024 | 59s Video has Closed Captions | CC Visit one of the few P-38's in the world, and learn of the restoration project by the Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical ...

During World War II, Olympia served as a training base for the P-38 Lightning, a popular fighter aircraft. Though more than 10,000 Lightnings were built during the war, Olympic Airshow Director ...

P-38 Lightning in Flight. We have only 15 seconds of a lovely Lightning, owned by the Fagen Fighters World War II Museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota, flying over a winter landscape.