Editing Lockheed P-38 Lightning (section)

==Popular culture==
[[File:Studebaker Champion (7434105410).jpg|thumb|1950 [[Studebaker Champion]]]]

[[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]].{{sfn|Lamm|Holls|1996|p=110}}

The P-38 was also the inspiration for [[Raymond Loewy]] and his design team at [[Studebaker]] for the 1950 and 1951 model-year Studebakers.<ref name="Hemmings Motor News">[http://www.hemmings.com/hmn/stories/2006/08/01/hmn_feature22.html "The P-38 prowls the highway."] ''Hemmings Motor News'', courtesy of Studebaker. Retrieved: 14 December 2009.</ref>

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]].<ref>[http://filmsound.org/starwars/ "Sound Design of Star Wars."] ''filmsound.org,'' 3 January 2012. Quote: "The sound of a Speeder Bike was achieved by mixing together the recorded sounds of a P-51 Mustang airplane, a P-38 Lockheed Interceptor, and then recording them."</ref>

The popular eight-bit video game [[1942 (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.