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Lindbergh’s Secret Combat Missions and P-38 Innovations

Explore how Charles Lindbergh secretly aided the U.S. war effort in the Pacific, flying combat missions with the Marines and revolutionizing the P-38 Lightning’s operational range. Despite his ...
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World War II ace Dick Bong’s P-38 found after crashing decades ago

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 ...