The Snapshots in Time Collection

Wreckage of Twin-Boom Fighter Aircraft (Likely P-38 Lightning), Aleutian Islands, WWII

Wreckage of Twin-Boom Fighter Aircraft (Likely P-38 Lightning), Aleutian Islands, WWII

The broken wreckage of a twin-boom fighter, likely a P-38 Lightning, lies scattered across the barren terrain of the Aleutian Islands. Fought far from the more familiar Pacific battlegrounds, the Aleutian Campaign of 1942-1943 pitted American aircrews against brutal weather and rugged terrain as much as against Japanese forces occupying Attu and Kiska. Project: 218526