This photograph shows a Lockheed P-38 Lightning parked on a rough, unimproved airstrip in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II. Prized for its long range, twin-engine reliability, and heavy firepower, the P-38 flew escort, interdiction, and reconnaissance missions over Japanese-held Burma, operating from austere forward airfields carved out of jungle and grassland such as the one pictured here, beneath the towering monsoon clouds typical of the region. Project: 218089