Shootout at Rabaul

[...]though few histories reveal it, there had been one clear loser. Recorded combat losses do not reveal this. [...]it seems counter-intuitive since the P-38 is iconic, the championship fighter of the Pacific war. The P- 40s and P- 47s flying offensive missions against Japanese army aircraft at Wew...

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Published in:Air power history 2012-09, Vol.59 (3), p.14-27
Main Author: Dunn, Richard L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air forces
Aircraft
Armed forces
Bomber aircraft
Bombings
Bombs
Bong, Richard I
Destroyers
Features
Fighter planes
Fire damage
Military aircraft
Military aviation
Navies
Warfare
World War II
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Summary:[...]though few histories reveal it, there had been one clear loser. Recorded combat losses do not reveal this. [...]it seems counter-intuitive since the P-38 is iconic, the championship fighter of the Pacific war. The P- 40s and P- 47s flying offensive missions against Japanese army aircraft at Wewak as well as defensive missions contributed less than fifty aerial victories (P-39s engaging in only defensive combat added a few more). [...]the P-38 accounted for about 75 percent of the Fifth Fighter Command's October air combat victories.
ISSN:1044-016X