Why Japanese Pilots Hated the P-38 Lightning So Much?

Why Japanese Pilots Hated the P-38 Lightning So Much?

In the early Pacific war, Japan’s agile Zero fighters ruled the skies until the twin-engine P-38 Lightning arrived and shattered their dominance with superior range, firepower, and dive speed. Japanese pilots quickly learned to fear this American hunter that could chase them across vast ocean distances where no other Allied fighter could follow, climbing faster and striking deep into previously safe Japanese territory. Credit to : Untold War Archives