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The revenge dogfight: One P-38 Lightning versus the Luftwaffe
After scoring his first kill, the American P-38 pilot's mission turns personal when his wingman is shot down. This video details the solo revenge mission that followed, using gun camera logic to ...
Here’s What You Need To Remember: However, the Lightning’s shortcomings vis-a-vis German fighters meant it never equaled the reputation of single-engine Mustang and Thunderbolt fighters. This is ...
In 1937, the U.S. Army Air Corp called for proposals for an interceptor capable of flying 360 miles-per-hour and climbing rapidly to high altitudes. Kelly Johnson, designer at Lockheed—then a small ...
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning is an aircraft that opted to pen its name in capital letters in the annals of war flight. Modeled as a high-altitude fighter, this aircraft not only displayed phenomenal ...
In the time between World War I and World War II, fighter planes underwent rapid changes. During the first World War, the Sopwith F.1 Camel was known as one of the best combat planes around. It had a ...
James Kunkle Sr. was reunited with an old war "buddy" Saturday during a visit to the National Museum of World War II Aviation in Colorado Springs. Although they hadn't seen each other in at least 72 ...
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