In the skies of World War II, the P-38 Lightning was a revolutionary predator, but it hid a terrifying secret known as "compressibility." As Captain Robin Olds dove to save a fellow pilot, his ...
A P-38J-10-LO Lightning fighter of the United States Army Air Forces (42-68008) flying over California in 1944 (Photo: U.S.
This is the story of Jack Ilfrey, the first American P-38 Lightning ace and one of the luckiest pilots in history.