Discover the incredible story of a P-38 pilot who survived nine aerial battles. Courage, skill, and luck combined in this remarkable WWII aviation tale.

In 1943 the South Pacific was a deadly arena where American pilots battled experienced Japanese fighters across vast ...

2nd Lt. Allan W. Knepper took off from Tunisia in his P-38 "Lightning" aircraft as "one of many fighter waves" set to attack enemy Axis forces in Sicily, Italy on July 10, 1943. During the attack, air ...

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 ...

Truman Benedict, World War II P-38 pilot, prominent educator, former Capistrano Valley Unified School District Superintendent, and former mayor of San Clemente, passed away peacefully May 23 at his ...

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 ...