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Also like the looks of the Hawker Sea Fury!
The Germans never called the P-38 the "Forked Tailed Devil." That was a myth made up by the author Martin Cadin.I like P-38 Lightning, great fighter, great adversary.............if not, why German called "Fork-Tailed Devil"?
The Germans never called the P-38 the "Forked Tailed Devil." That was a myth made up by the author Martin Cadin.
If memory serves (which it probably doesn't) didn't the P-38 have a very poor 1:1 kill ratio in the ETO? Where it successful was in the MTO and PTO, right?
The P-38 was still a wonderful airplane - that could have had an even better record had they not been set back a yesr by the YP-38 publicity stunt crash.
Bill that would be the XP-38 that crashed with the YP-38's coming out after that delay.