Lockheed P-38 Images

Lockheed P-38 front view

Mechanics overhauling a Lockheed P-38

Lockheed P-38 Lightning in flight

Pilot leaving a Lockheed P-38

Lockheed P-38 "Lightning"

Lockheed P-38 "Lightning"

Lockheed P-38 warming up for a take-off

Demonstration photo of the new Lockheed P-38 gas tank ambulance, designed for fast evactuation of wounded.

During a recent strike on Jap-held Iwo Jima, this US Army 7th AF P-38 Lightning limped away from the target with its left engine shot out, its right wing badly damaged and in flames. Lt Fred C Erbels, Jr., GLenside, Penn., nursed his crippled back to its Saipa

Lockheed P-38 Airplanes on line in New Guinea

A Lockheed P-38 is parked in a revetment at Kila Airfield, Port Moresby, New Guinea. 14 September 1943

Lockheed P-38 "Georgia Peach II" in flight over Panama

Lockheed P-38 "Lightnings" in flight over Panama

Lockheed P-38 landing on sand strip, Tacloban, Leyte Is., Philippin Islands

Lockheed P-38 "Lightning" landing on the new Tacloban Airstrip, Philippine Islands. 27 October 1944

Lockheed P-38 over Tacloban strip, Leyte Is., P.I.

A Lockheed P-38 covered with snow after a snowstorm at Ladd Field, Alaska, 12 February 1944

A Lockheed P-38 "Lightning" buzzing a base somewhere in the Philippine Islands.

Lockheed P-38 makes a wet landing after raid on Attu

Lockheed P-38 Napalm bombing near Ipo Dam, Luzon, Philippine Islands

A Lockheed P-38, the first AAF plane to land on Okinawa Island, 20 April 1945

Lockheed P-38 Lightning "Hammer's Destruction Company", at a 10th Air Force airbase in India, 8 July 1945

Ground crew personnel load wing tank on the Lockheed P-38 "Little Red Head", Isley Field, Saipan, Marianas Islands, November 1944.

Lt Richard Bong of Poplar, Winconsin, in cockpit of his Lockheed P-38 Lightning in New Guinea, 3/6/43

Men of the 14th Air Force refuel a Lockheed P-38 at a base in China. 2 August 1944

Ground crew personnel load wing tank on the Lockheed P-38 "Little Red Head", Isley Field, Saipan, Marianas Islands, November 1944.

Lockheed P-38 landing on the almost completed strip on Morotai Island, the first plane to make a scheduled landing.

An army Lockheed P-38 stands on an air field at Guadalcanal to receive repairs to battle damage - such minor repairs done on the spot, usually are completed in a few hours and the plane is back in action.

Men are shown refueling belly tank of a Lockheed P-38. These planes are seen somewhere in New Guinea. 28 February 1943.

A Lockheed P-38 Lightning damaged during Jap retaliatory raid on Middleburg landing strip, Middleburg Island. Most of the damage was suffered by parked planes.

A Lockheed P-38 Lightning damaged during Jap retaliatory raid on Middleburg landing strip, Middleburg Island. Most of the damage was suffered by parked planes.

General view of a camera mounted on a Lockheed P-38 of the 49th Fighter Group at Port Moresby, New Gionea, 22 August 1943.

Warming for the takeoff, this Lockheed P-38 soon will grind down the baked runway past dispersed sister ships, then all out into the sky for a tour of duty.

Independence Day celebration at a 10th Air Force base in India, 4 July 1945. A Lockheed P-38 fires 50 cal. machine gun and 20mm cannon.

A Lockheed P-38 "Lightning" is repaired by men of the 27th Air Depot Group at the Port Moresby Air Depot, Papua, New Guinea. 7 October 1943.

Men use steam to clean a Lockheed P-38 "Lightning" at the washing department of the 27th Air Depot Group, Port Moresby Air Depot, Papua, New Guinea, 1943.

Lockheed P-38's of the 459th Fighter Squadron, nicknamed the "Twin Dragon Squadron", are taxiing into position for take-off on a mission over enemy territory. Chittagong, India, January 1945.

This damaged Lockheed P-38 "Lightning" was only 30 feet away from a 1000 pound bomb crater 35 feet by 15 feet. 21 December 1944. Mindoro Island, Philippine Islands

The 433rd Fighter Squadron using a parachute for shade on the airstrip at Lingayen, Luzon Island, Philippine Islands, while servicing Lockheed P-38 "Lightning" engines. 29 April 1945.

Using a jeep as a workstand, mechanics of the 14th Air Force work on the engine of a Lockheed P-38 whilst others refuel the plane at a base in China. 2 August 1944.

This Lockheed P-38 rests on its nose after the front wheel of the tricycle landing gear collapsed when the plane struck a hole while landing on Dobodura, New Guinea. 5 April 1943.

Captain John W. Robinson at the photo machine used on his Lockheed F-4 (P-38) airplane. The camera is a 24" Fairchild, manufactured by the Fairchild Aerial Corporation of New York.

Lockheed P-38 "Lightnings" of the 36th Fighter Squadron, 8th Fighter Group, parked along the runway on the Hill Fighter Strip near San Jose, Mondoro Island, Philippine Islands. 20 December 1944

Four Lockheed P-38 "Lightnings" of Flight B, 28th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron, attached to the 318th Fighter Group, lined up on an airfield on Saipan, Marianas Islands, 20 July 1944. P-38 in the foreground is nicknamed "Lucky Lu". These planes have five aeri

Wreck of a Lockheed P-38 "Lightning", Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Chinese aircraft spotters are trained to recognize American aircraft. Here, they study the features of a Lockheed P-38 "Lightning" at a 14th Air Force base in China

A Lockheed P-38 of the 28th Photo Reconnaissance comes in for a landing on Yontan strip, Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, after a mission over Japan. 10 July 1945.

Lockheed P-38 "Lightning", 28th Photo Reconnaissance, preparing to land on Yontan Airstrip after completing a photo mission somewhere over Kyushu, Japan. Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto, 29 July 1945.