P-38l

[Pips]

Film (first 4 minutes) of pilots talk about the strengths and weaknesses of the P-38 - F/G model's versus the L model. Impressive how the L, with it's boosted ailerons and dive brakes, radically altered the balance in favour of the US pilots.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKKT8UmIqow

[JtD]

If you listen to general wisdoms like "seeing the enemy first is half the victory", you sometimes tend to forget about the second half, which is about pilot competence and plane performance. The P-38L definitely was a great fighter aircraft.