I bet if you check, you'll find that the P-38's killed a lot more Jap Army planes than they did Jap Navy planes; the Zero was a Navy plane of course.
The Flying Tigers also faced few if any Zeroes.
Walt
Tough to find the stats on that, walt, tho I did review tallies of the top 3 P-38 aces (Bong, McGuire, and MacDonald). They appear to have killed as many Zeros as Oscars, with maybe half their kills Japanese bombers.
Good point, tho, thanks.