Thanks. A person reading my posts 67 and 75 might reasonably think I had previously read the article you posted the link to but I had not. I agree the P-38 was too complicated for the average trained pilot of 1943 who would go on to join entirely new squadrons of similarly trained pilots and ground crews in Europe.
German radar would vector in German pilots against inexperienced P-38 crews that were closely escorting B-17's.
They'd get bounced and didn't have the seconds it took to get ready for combat.
German pilots even commented about P-38's not taking evasive action, the pilots were too busy trying to turn knobs and switches to ready for combat when they were shot down.