Originally posted by lasersailor184
No one answered my question. Is there anything better about these planes? Any advantage taking a 38j over a 38L?
Not really. They are all obviously earlier models. Anything earlier than a P-38J-25-Lo will have neither the dive flaps nor the hydraulicly boosted ailerons.
They should be at least a little better for perk farming, if you do that sort of thing. For really good P-38 pilots, they'll be good for suckering enemy planes, provided they are marked as earlier model P-38's.
Ideally, since we aren't yet getting anything pre-G model, we should get the P-38G-10-Lo and the P-38J-20-Lo.
I'd REALLY like to see the P-38H-5-Lo, since that is what the 55th FG went into combat with in 10-43. The 20th also flew the P-38H-5-Lo, in addition to SOME P-38G-10-Lo planes (the 20th and the 55th had a very few of those).
They BEGAN switching to the P-38J-5-Lo and P-38J-10-Lo in December. They did not get the P-38J-15-Lo and the P-38J-20-Lo until later. Then the P-38J-25-Lo came along before they got the P-38L, about the same time the transitioned to the P-51, in mid 1944.
