I had a professor in college who worked on the P-38 during the war. He had some great stories. It was the highlight of his career.
If I had Bill Gate’s money, one of those would be in my hangar (I would also have a hangar...) right now.
I’ve actually spoken with some old P-38 pilots, and to a man, they say that while it was one hot fighter, it was very unforgiving and could kill you if you weren’t paying attention to its twin engines almost 100% of the time.