This is the story of P-38 Lightning Fighter "Glacier Girl" that was frozen in ice for more than 50 years. This was made using the World War II flight simulator IL-2 Sturmovik Great Battles series.

NEW YORK - Sixty-five years after an American P-38 fighter plane ran out of gas and crash-landed on a beach in Wales, the long-forgotten World War II relic has emerged from the surf and sand where ...

AeroTime looks at some of the most fascinating stories that show why the hunt for World War Two aircraft wreckages should never stop. The Maid Of Harlech Calavision / Shutterstock.com During the ...

The P-38 Lightning was a uniquely designed strike fighter that the Germans came to call Der Gabelschwanz Teufel, or "The Forked-Tail Devil" in English, because it truly lived up to its name as a ...

After further training on the Lockheed P-38 Lighting, he was assigned to the 55th Fighter Group in Tumwater, Washington, before being reassigned to the 432nd Squadron of the 475th Fighter Group ...

Time Machine: The Hunt for the Lost Squadron: Con Greg Stebner. The discovery, recovery, and restoration of a WW2-era Lockheed Lightning P-38 fighter plane, buried under the Greenland ice sheet for 50 ...

In 1942, a P-38 Lightning went missing during a mission and was presumed lost forever. Over 50 years later, it was rediscovered frozen in a glacier. Watch as we uncover the fascinating story of ...

The 155th Air Refueling Wing’s KC-135 had heritage paint scheme honoring Kunkle, replicating the P-38 he flew in WWII. Kunkle served as a fighter pilot during WWII and flew P-38 and P-57 aircraft.

The USAF officially retired the P-38 in 1949, but the fighter remained in service with the Honduran Air Force until 1965. The Lightning’s proud legacy is carried on in name by a current Skunk ...

The aircraft was capable of reaching 42,000 feet with a 5,000-mile range and thought to be an ideal solution for photo reconnaissance. FLYING is the definitive voice of aviation — trusted by ...

Pacific Wrecks and Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center teamed up to recover a missing plane.