"none of the dedicated lighting drivers have felt fit to complain about their ride anymore"
Eh?
Not true. Not true

It took nearly TEN tours of "whining" until the 38 damage model was fixed from 1-ping death to a normal damage model rivaling that of the P-47 (as it SHOULD be). I do agree that it is a *bit* too strong in the wings now, they never get shot off now.. but then again, ive never read or seen a film of a p38 getting its wing root shot out...wingtips yes, wing roots, no.
Pyro: LOL! You da man!

Now paint it green!!!! Put 12 X .303 armament in the hurri I! *grin*
Perhaps in 10 more tours the dive flaps will be fixed

"If you think something is wrong with the 38, provide some documentary evidence"
As far as the dive flaps, that has been provided. Now we just wait for it to get on the top of the "to-do" list.
Right now the 38's problems in AH are:
1) Dive flaps (should pull nose up at 3-4'gs if deployed at high speeds)
2) Fowler flaps auto-retracting causing really nasty spins (should not auto-retract)
3) Missing ordenance option of 2X 2k bombs
4) Missing earlier 38 models (F,G,H,J)
HTC responds very quickly to costumer concerns, but when its about modeling and stuff, be prepared to wait.. and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait and wait... and one day *BANG* it happens without warning.