I was about to say that ... You beat me to it.
At the end of the day, fast aircraft using water cooled engines just weren't very good at CAS ... The A-1 was slow, it could get in low where the action is, could stay on station for a very long time, had decent payload and could take a ridiculous amount of damage and still come home. The P38 was a good aircraft, speed was it's strong point, survivability .... Not so much ....
At the end of the day, fast aircraft using water cooled engines just weren't very good at CAS ... The A-1 was slow, it could get in low where the action is, could stay on station for a very long time, had decent payload and could take a ridiculous amount of damage and still come home. The P38 was a good aircraft, speed was it's strong point, survivability .... Not so much ....
