https://www.isegoria.net/2019/04/only-the-p-38s-were-allowed-in-the-philippines/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 20 Oct 2026 18:44:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 https://www.isegoria.net/2019/04/only-the-p-38s-were-allowed-in-the-philippines/comment-page-1/#comment-2770930 Bruce Thu, 25 Apr 2019 07:53:29 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=44743#comment-2770930 P-38s were in production before P-47s or P-51s, and they straddled the gap between ‘early WW II fighter’ and ‘later WW II fighter’ in range and oomph. So they’d be sent to the secondary front in the Pacific without the Brits getting too riled.

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