None other than the
P38 Lightning.
If you fly it right you will out turn 109's, and when they figure this out and begin to run you will not be far behind. Get behind a spit V and turn with it for 3-4 turns until it starts pulling out of sights (Waste of E unless they dont know what they are doing). Then of course you use speed and climb rate to rope it.
The Lockheed P-38 Lightning racked up an impressive series of "firsts." It was the first:
-Lockheed-designed military aircraft to go into series production.
-twin-engined interceptor to serve with the USAAC
-production fighter powered by the Allison V-1710 in-line engine
-modern fighter equipped with a tricycle landing gear
-American plane to use butt-jointed flush riveted external surfaces
-plane to make extensive use of stainless steel
-fighter to use a bubble canopy right from the start
-fighter with speeds over 400 mph
-US twin-boom fighter to go into production
-USAAF fighter to shoot down a German aircraft
-USAAF fighter to carry out an escort mission to Berlin
-USAAF plane to land in Japan after that country had surrendered
The P-38 was also the:
-heaviest US single-seat fighter of World War II
-only American fighter in production at the time of Pearl Harbor to be still in production at the war's end
-The Lightning also accounted for more Japanese aircraft destroyed in combat than any other US fighter.
"Some pilots are good, some pilots are great but the best of all flew the P-38!"
Agreed
