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 ...

A fighter plane that vanished 80 years ago during a WWII-era raid on Italy has been found in the country’s sea, according to a report in The Daily Mail. The story eerily mirrors the circumstances ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May 23—SUPERIOR — A team from Pacific Wrecks has discovered one of the most famous World War II aircraft, the P-38 Lightning ...

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 jubilation the search team felt when it discovered "Ace of Aces" Richard Bong's downed P-38 Lightning fighter plane in a South Pacific jungle reverberated more than 8,000 miles away in northern ...

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 it ...

At the earliest stage of its development, the P-38 experienced some aerodynamic issues such as turbulent flow and high-speed dive problems, colloquially called “compressibility.” These issues were ...

FILE - Captain Richard J. Bong, of Poplar, Wis., points to a large picture of his girl friend, Marge Vattendahl, on his Lighting P-38 fighter plane pilot stationed at a New Guinea Air Base, March 31, ...

Army Air Force Capt. Richard Bong points to a large picture of his girlfriend, Marge Vattendahl, on his P-38 fighter plane, March 31, 1944. (File/AP) A Wisconsin museum is partnering with a historical ...

You're probably familiar with the P-38 Lightning, the P-47 Thunderbolt, and the P-51 Mustang, but do you know what the P in their names stands for?

NEW YORK (AP) -- 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 ...