P-38M Combat History

[cheddar cheese]

Anyone have any stats on the Combat history of the P-38M during WW2? Like planes shot down, pilots flying them etc. I saw a site once about it but I cant find it...

Thanks 8)

 

[plan_D]

It shot down 19 planes, that's all I know.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Yes, but I want detail!

 

[Lightning Guy]

I never seen any actual combat records of the P-38M. Every source I have just mentions that it was deployed to the Philippines shortly before the end of the war.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

and those kills were all by day weren't they??

 

[maxs75]

Do you know how many P-38M reached front-line squadrons before VJ?

Max

 

[cheddar cheese]

I think it was about 80.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

http://www.aeronautics.ru/news/news001/combair015.htm

DID YOU SEE THIS?!?

 

[cheddar cheese]

Nice site! 8)

 

[plan_D]

Great read.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

THANKS!

 

[evangilder]

Good stuff, and great pictures in the article too.

 

[cheddar cheese]

Yeah the pictures are great. Didnt have a couple of em so I had em for meself

 

[Nonskimmer]

Nice link.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

and what a cosey rear cockpit.......

 

[cheddar cheese]

Yeah, that was a problem.

Ive now decided the most kick-ass P-38 derivative was the XP-58

 

[mosquitoman]

And that was....?

 

[FLYBOYJ]

And that was....?

HOLY COW - THE ALL TIME TWIN ENGINE HEAVYWEIGHT, WHAT A BEAST!

 

[evangilder]

Oh YEAH! Ah ah ah (Tim Allen tool time grunt there).

 

[FLYBOYJ]

Hit the nail on the head! The XP-58 is almost obscene! Look at that thing, could you imagine going 450 mph in that?!?