The Truth About What Japan Thought of the P-38 Lightning

The Truth About What Japan Thought of the P-38 Lightning

When the P-38 Lightning first appeared over the Pacific, Japanese pilots did not react with fear. They reacted with confusion. The aircraft looked wrong, fought wrong, and refused to fall the way American fighters were expected to. What began as quiet dismissal slowly transformed into something far more dangerous: respect mixed with unease. By the time Japan fully understood what the P-38 truly represented, it had already reshaped the air war. Stay with Vintage Planes, because what Japan realized too late is the most revealing part of this story.

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