arrive at the rendezvous point and was never seen again. In 2003, his remains were recovered in Germany from his wrecked aircraft. Specifications (P-38L) Popular culture Harley Earl arranged for several of his designers to view a YP-38 prototype shortly before World War II, and its design directly inspired the tail fins of the 1948–1949 Cadillac. The P-38 was also the inspiration for Raymond Loewy and his design team at Studebaker for the 1950 and 1951 model-year Studebakers. The whine of the speeder bike engines in Return of the Jedi was partly achieved by recording the engine noise of a P-38, combined with that of a North American P-51 Mustang. The popular eight-bit video game "1942" puts the player in command of a P-38 flying over the Pacific, fighting against Japanese Zeros and the Nakajima G10N bomber. The game was made by Japanese company Capcom, intended for Western markets, and finishes with the player raiding Tokyo. Notable appearances in media Documentaries Sheet Metal Repairs to the P-38 Lightning (1945, b & w, 19:00). This educational production and training film from Lockheed shows standard aviation tooling and methods that are still used today for aluminum aircraft repair. Film by TM Technologies. Yamamoto shot down! (1944, B&W, 4:00) The P-38 Squadron that shot down Admiral Yamamoto in a long distance interception in the Pacific, is depicted. The film includes purported P-38 gun camera footage of the Admiral's Betty bomber going down in flames. Dick Bong: Pacific Ace (1944, B&W, 4:00) This short documentary film pays tribute to Richard "Dick" Bong, the top American ace who flew P-38s in World War II. Angel in Overalls (1945, B&W, 15:00) This film was developed to show U.S. Lockheed P-38 production-line workers in a wide variety of roles. See also Notes References Bibliography Andrade, John M. U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Leicester, England: Midland Counties Publications, 1979. Bodie, Warren M. The Lockheed P-38 Lightning: The Definitive Story of Lockheed's P-38 Fighter. Hayesville, North Carolina: Widewing Publications, 2001 [1991]. . Cross, Roy. Lockheed P-38 Lightning technical manual. Candenong, Victoria, Australia: Kookaburra technical publications, John W. Caler Publications, 1968. Kinzey, Bert. Detail & Scale Volume 57 P-38 Lighting Part I XP-38 through P-38H. Squadron/Signal Publications, 1998. Schiff, Stacy. Saint-Exupéry: A Biography. New York: Henry Holt 2006, First edition 1994. . Stanaway, John C. P-38 Lightning Aces 1942–43. Bloomsbury, 2014. . Stanaway, John C. P-38 Lightning