Warfare, the creator of science and technology. Well said Gemhorse, I have to say I perfer the Mosquito over the P-38 as well. Their combat records were both great feats, it's not really sensible to argue which is superior but it's always interesting
I would agree with that but I would pick the P-38 if I had to fly a long-range escort mission. I think I mentioned somehwere on here about this discussion centering around national bias and that may well be the case. By the way, Gemhorse's post was probably the most eloquent I have seen on this site. Very well said.
The Lightning was a good plane, but for Britain, as Britain was building it (And Canada, I know) the Mosquito was better because it took less work and it was cheaper. And it was still brilliant.