My choice isn't on the list: P-38. Gotta love the twin tailed devil. Germans and Japs both feared her
Jes
I'm not trying to score any points here. I also like the P-38 & believe it was deadly in experienced hands. I've been reading through my old Aeroplane Monthly magazines. Found this quote in an article about the "Bloody Tuesday Raid" on Fortress Rabaul: November 2, 1943.
"Many JNAF veterans have gone on record as saying that they much preferred to take on the Lightning escorts rather than the Mitchell strafers, using tactics based on luring the twin-engined fighters down to low altitude & isolating pairs or , ideally, single aircraft. They were considered relatively easy prey."
