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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
Or arguably not. Against the Japanese, and used properly, it gave us the two highest scoring American aces, but it killed one of them. Against the Germans it was so inferior that it ended up being relegated to bombing and reconaissance roles. The P-47 was certainly better.
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From what I read, the British ordered the P-38s made with propellers that rotated the same direction (the standard had contra-rotating propellers) and without superchargers. This would certainly help to explain the poor performance they realized with this plane. If I find the source, I'll post it.