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 best ...
The Bong Veterans Historical Center and Pacific Wrecks have announced that the Richard Bong’s P-38 fighter plane, “Marge,” has been discovered in Papua New Guinea. The discovery was the result of a ...
The jubilation the search team felt when it discovered "Ace of Aces" Richard Bong's downed P-38 Lightning fighter plane in a South Pacific jungle reverberated more than 8,000 miles away in northern ...
Pacific Wrecks has identified the wreckage of "Marge," the P-38J flown by America's top WWII flying ace Major Richard Bong, in a ravine in Papua New Guinea. The aircraft, uniquely adorned with nose ...
When lightning strikes, it rarely does so quietly, and few combat aircraft live up to that metaphor quite like theLockheed P-38 Lightning. Thanks to its twin-boom silhouette, concentrated nose ...
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The illegal P-38 modification that changed World War II
In 1943, American P-38 pilots over New Guinea were being lost in brutal dogfights against Japanese Zero fighters. This story follows Technical Sergeant James McKenna, Lieutenant Robert Hayes, and the ...
It flew across the Pacific in World War II, and was scrapped and buried in Papua New Guinea afterward — but the Lockheed P-38 Lightning landed a home Thursday at the National Museum of World War II ...
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