The P-38 Lightning was a powerhouse that created aces and dominated the Pacific—yet it also terrified its own pilots with ...

May 23—SUPERIOR — A team from Pacific Wrecks has discovered one of the most famous World War II aircraft, the P-38 Lightning fighter plane assigned to America's top Ace, Richard I. Bong. "We found her ...

P-38J Lightning 42-103993 nicknamed “Marge,”with Captain Richard I. Bong in the cockpit. The jubilation the search team felt when it discovered "Ace of Aces" Richard Bong's downed P-38 Lightning ...

Captain Richard J. Bong nicknamed his Lighting P-38 fighter plane Marg after his girlfriend, Marge Vattendahl. The World War II flying ace is shown with his plan at a New Guinea Air Base on March 31, ...

SUPERIOR, WIS. - The famous P-38 Lightning Fighter plane flown by World War II ace of aces Richard I. Bong — and decorated with a photograph of its namesake Marge — was discovered last week nose-down ...

The wreckage of a World War 2 fighter plane flown by Wisconsin ace pilot Richard I. Bong has been discovered in the jungle of Papua New Guinea, explorers have claimed. The plane was flown by Bong when ...

The first P-38s became operational with the 1st Fighter Group in April 1941, and the initial combat deployments were made in Alaska, the Southwest Pacific and North Africa during the latter part of ...

The restoration of Glacier Girl a P38 Lighting nears completion. On Friday, Feb. 8, 2001 the plane waits for completion . The jacket in the case in middle of the picture is a US Air Corps 1942 issued ...

The Flying Bulls' P-38 Lightning and DC-6B will make their only U.S. air show appearance in 2026 at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, ...

The Lockheed Martin F-35 was famously given the name “Lightning II” to honor the Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighter that saw service during the Second World War. However, despite officially being an “all ...

SUPERIOR, WIS. — The famous P-38 Lightning Fighter plane flown by World War II ace of aces Richard I. Bong — and decorated with a photograph of its namesake "Marge" — was discovered last week ...