Which would you rather fly if your life depended..

[M.C.202]

Hi there Hohun!

"Ah, beware of statistics! :-) "

Yep, if your head is in the oven, and your feet are in the icebox, statistics prove you are just fine overall.
I have to admit I posted in part to pull the leg of the "UberBird" (your choice) fans.

"I'd bet that the pilots who flew P-39 had to fly a lot more missions since they were limited to rather short hops. "

Not given, but 30,547 total sorties listed. I thought it would include the Italian front.

"By the way, are you sure that these P-39 numbers are for the ETO? "

The chart is headed:
USAAF AIRCRAFT IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE OF OPERATIONS 1942-45

My best,
M.C.202

[Widewing]

Originally posted by WhiteHawk
Im still amazed that I cant find a single p-38 ace in the European theatre??  Anybode else.  There must have been at least 1?  Bong had 40+ in the pacific.  Was the weather that important in the performance of the p38?  In the latter stages of the war, there must have been at least 1 p38 pilot who took advantage of the hitler youth, last gasp luftwaffe pilots?  
 
  With further reasearch, I have counted 57 aces in the ETO and not a single one of them dedicated to the p-38??  This is amazing?
  Anybody can find any p-38 ace in the ETO?

Jack Ilfrey was America's first ace against Germany, he flew the P-38F/G in North Africa. He added to his score with the P-51 later when he was assigned to the 79th FS or the 20th FG, 8th AF.

My regards,

Widewing

[bolillo_loco]

here is a list that saves me typing one.

http://p38assn.org/aces.htm