[jim_trent]

From what I have read, the P-38 engines had some oil problems at low temperatures. A high percentage of those assigned to northern Europe during the winter were forced down due to engine failure. They did not have the same problem in hotter weather. They were a big success in Africa and the southern Pacific.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

[P-38s] were a big success in Africa and the southern Pacific . . .

. . . especially after Charles Lindberg showed the pilots in the Pacific how to double their gas mileage . . .