[WhiskeyPapa]

I don't know if Bong was in that flight.

Bong was not involved in the Yamamoto operation.

The P-38 was/is a great bird. Many German pilots said a well flown P-38 was the toughest Allied fighter. It was the first "energy" fighter that operated well in the vertical and not just in the horizontal turning battles prevalent in WWII. The P-38 late models could also turn tightly as well. It's no accident that the top two American aces flew the Lightning.

Walt

[hchutch]

It was a heck of an airplane. It was the only aircraft capable of taking out Yamamoto on that mission. Its armament was also very suited to the Pacific Theater.

Kelly Johnson's first great design, and not his last.