This is the story of P-38 Lightning pilot Dick Andrews and how he actually saved his downed wingman and flight leader, Dick Willsie.

COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) – Frank Royal’s Air Force took off at 1:38 p.m. A vintage aircraft clawed through the air followed by two chase planes, one carrying the 101-year-old pilot. The last plane in the ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Second Lt. Robert R. Keown was piloting his P-38 aircraft to an airfield after a mission in 1944 when it crashed into a mountain in Papua New Guinea. World War II ended without ...

In the skies of World War II, the P-38 Lightning was a revolutionary predator, but it hid a terrifying secret known as ...

Last night at 2:17 AM, every child from Mrs. Gandy's class went missing.

Richard Bong was the United States’ top ace pilot during the Second World War, scoring 40 aerial victories during his time in the war. Many of those kills happened behind the stick of a P-38 fighter ...

The excavation of a World War II crash site in Austria is being arranged in the coming months after more than a decade of attempts to locate the remains of a P-38 pilot from northwest Arkansas. Lt.

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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LOVELAND, Colo. (KDVR) — Claire Tullius ...

Before the arrival of the vaunted North American P-51D Mustang, towards the end of World War II, U.S. forces relied on other, less superlative aircraft for long-range bomber escorts—primarily the ...

The wreck of a P-38 fighter flown by America’s all-time top flying ace was found last week, 80 years after it crashed in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. Capt. Richard I. Bong, who was credited for ...

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 ...