TJ3 History Official on MSN
A P-38 Lightning pilot’s fight for survival over the South Pacific
In 1943 the South Pacific was a deadly arena where American pilots battled experienced Japanese fighters across vast ...
TJ3 History Official on MSN
Richard Bong’s one-on-nine miracle: How the P-38 Lightning forged America’s ace of aces in the skies over New Guinea
On March 11, 1943, Major Richard Bong, flying an olive drab P-38 Lightning over North New Guinea, found himself alone against nine highly skilled Japanese KI-43 “Oscar” fighters escorting a formation ...
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 ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results