Japanese Pilots Were Shocked When They Could Not Outrun Or Outclimb P-38 Lightning

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November 18th, 1942, above Henderson Field, Guadal Canal, the hands of an unnamed Japanese Zero pilot tightened on his control stick as he watched the strange twin boomed American fighters climbing from Henderson Field. On this date, pilots of the 339th Fighter Squadron became the first Lightning pilots to attack Japanese fighters, marking a histor... Read More