Because they look cool. Because they sound cool. Lots of guns *and* a 20mm cannon.

And Kelly Johnson designed it. Everything he touched was gold.

It is a shame they dont race them in Reno anymore. Always the coolest plane out there along with Gary Levitzs' P-51, Miss Ashley II.

One of my first flight instructors was the first guy to successfully bail out of a P-38. Somewhere in North Africa in the early part of WWII. Two days later he was back it.

P-38, P-61 and Mosquito. They dont get cooler.

Below is one of my favorite prints. Bought it in Normandy France 2004. Once I started doing my own framing instead of paying out the nose for it, the number of airplane prints in the house started going up...