We have only 15 seconds of a lovely Lightning ... Japanese or German aircraft would not have wanted to spend 15 seconds this close to a P-38. A Final Takeoff The Incredible Flying Car of the ...

P-38 Lightning: The Skunk Works Fighter That Dominated ... with either the American P-38 GI Pocket Can Opener, or the German Walther P38 9mm semiautomatic pistol, both of which coincidentally ...

less superlative aircraft for long-range bomber escorts—primarily the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Instantly recognizable for its twin-boom design and central nacelle, the P-38 cut one of the war ...

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 ...