P 38s were flown by the US Army Air Force in WWII!
18 P38s were ordered to intercept a flight of Japanese Betty bombers carrying Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the mission was succsessful all of the bombers were destroyed and Yamamoto was killed!
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was Commander in chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy!
It was he, who planned and organised the attack on Pearl Harbor!