New U.S. Planes Arrive In Australia -- A P-38 "Lightning" is unloaded on a pier somewhere in Australia, one of a recent large shipment to arrive there from the U.S. The P-38's are rated with the best high altitude interceptor and fighter planes in the world, attaining a speed in excess of 400 miles per hour. It is a twin-motored plane with the main armament mounted in the center fuselage section. February 08, 1943. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.).