The Snapshots in Time Collection
Crash-Landed Lockheed P-38 Lightning in Flooded Rice Paddy, China-Burma-India Theater, World War II
A Lockheed P-38 Lightning lies crash-landed in a flooded rice paddy after sustaining damage to its starboard engine, likely during a mission over the China-Burma-India theater in World War II. Forced landings such as this were common outcomes for aircraft returning damaged from combat or running critically low on fuel amid the region's rugged and remote terrain. Project: 218087