THE P-38 LIGHTNING WAS THE FIRST PURSUIT PLANE TO REACH THE FIFTH AIR FORCE THAT HAD THE RANGE TO ESCORT THE B-24'S AND B-25'S TO FAR DISTANT TARGETS

LIGHTNINGS IN THE SKY

Oh, Hedy Lamarr is a beautiful gal,

andMadeline Carroll is too;

But you will find, if you query, a different theory

Amongst any bomber crew;

For the lovelist thing of which one could sing

(This side of the heavenly gates)

Is no blonde or brunette of the Hollywood set,

But an escort of P-38's

Wordswoth, Shelley and Keats ran a dozen dead heats

Describing the view from the hills,

Of the valleys in May when the winds gently sway,

An army of high daffodils.

Take the daffodils, Wordsworth, the wild flowers

Shelley, and you the Myrtle, friend Keats.

Just give me those cuties, American Beauties-

An escort of P-38's.