Watch the Lost P-38 Lightning Found Beneath the Waves off France’s Southern Coast

Watch the Lost P-38 Lightning Found Beneath the Waves off France’s Southern Coast

The Wreck and Its Discovery Off the southern coast of France, near La Ciotat, divers discovered a P-38 Lightning wreck submerged in deep water. It lies at about forty meters depth beneath the waves and sands of the Mediterranean. This aircraft is not just any fighter — it is one tied to a dramatic air mission on January 27, 1944, when Allied P-38s escorted B-17 bombers during World War II. The target was the Salon-de-Provence airfield in German-…