less superlative aircraft for long-range bomber escorts—primarily the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Instantly recognizable for its twin-boom design and central nacelle, the P-38 cut one of the war ...

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 ...