Lockheed P-38 Lightning | Dogfight | World War II Normandy | IL-2 Great Battles |

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Check out the Store: growling-sidewinder.creator-spring.com/ As always guys thanks for watching, and thank you all for your ongoing suggestions for future videos. If you have something you'd like to see on the channel please comment it below and maybe you will see it at some point once we get to it. Thank you again guys, Much Love.

[@fmj1729]

P38 differential thrust please

[@potatoquality8871]

la 5 next please

[@Miguelcooldude777]

Day 102 asking for F35C vs F/A-18F

[@F22-Raptor27]

My favorite WW2 fighter taking names and annihilating their Nazi ass!

[@ditzydoo4378]

Differential throttle and blade pitch control in the P-38 was a thing back in the day. Give it a whirl, it may surprise you.

[@christianrimbau1557]

Three P38s flying by after that 190 kill looked so iconic lol. Definitely the coolest aircraft of WW2 imo

[@Eggmayor]

Very true

[@theblackwingofdeath9520]

The Germans called the p-38 the fork tailed devil.

[@zachboyd4749]

Eh, personally I prefer the P-51, but the Lightning is still cool.

[@AMG-316]

I agree sir!! Definitely an amazing fighter that helped turn the tide of WWII

[@pizzagogo6151]

I agree,.....except for the mosquito of course 😮😅😅

[@whatsinanameish]

My grandfather was a WW2 Marine that transferred to the Air Force when it was split off. He became an Air mechanic for the P-38 until they retired the airframe. It's good to see the old girl get some time on the channel.

[@josueroberto7356]

7:12 “Surprise from above is never a shocking as one from below”

[@roymooner1]

I have to say. The way you structure these videos, tellimg us what your thinking and explaining things. I absolutely love these videos, i could honestly watch them for hours. Please please keep making videos.

[@dustinmckee1857]

Lol well I’m happy to admit that I watch these for hours even the old ones and rewatch a lot of them,always learn something new even if I had already seen it. Good stuff m8888s 🤙🏻 love flying on dcs just need a better cpu for vr

[@beatboxbuggi6884]

I do watch these for hours lol great educational and entertaining way to pass time. Someday I hope to get into DCS myself, and I know for a fact these videos will be all kinds of helpful

[@dustinmckee1857]

@@beatboxbuggi6884 still putting my system together hope to be up in the air here soon 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@lawrencezimmerman8769]

I finally got to see one of these in person over the summer and I was quite surprised to find it was actually smaller than I thought it would be compared to the Corsair or Thunderbolt (which were sitting next to it). It’s really just one long thin wing with a tiny cockpit and engines. Seeing pictures or videos of it from an above or below aspect always made it appear much larger than what it actually is.

[@JosephArata]

It's a pretty fast aircraft for it's size and weight. No where near the flight ceiling as the P-51, but that's not what it's role was. Still a really great aircraft that can carry a few bombs and has some pretty powerful machine guns mounted to it.

[@josephk1342]

Saw a b17 recently, it was way smaller than I expected. I think a lot of ww2 fighters look larger than life.

[@lawrencezimmerman8769]

@@josephk1342 I don’t know, the Corsair that I saw next to the Lightning just kind of dwarfed it so much that it took me a bit before I noticed the P-38. I wasn’t shocked by the Corsair, but that girl is just about as big as the Thunderbolt, just maybe a tad more streamlined. Thunderbolt’s a THICCC girl! Agreed on the B-17, although I don’t know if “small” is the right word. I’ve climbed through a couple of them and I’d call them more “tight” than they initially appear. Like the guys that flew them were definitely several inches shorter than me.

[@lawrencezimmerman8769]

@@JosephArata I don’t know what the weight of it is, but just judging it by my MK 1 eyeball I would say it’s probably lighter than the P-51. I’ve seen those a few times in my life and I was surprised by how big they are for their performance. I’m not saying they’re huge or anything, but it’s like comparing the size of a muscle car versus an F1 car. It’s the size of fuselage and cockpit on the two. I think just about any average person could climb in a Mustang, but the Lightning would probably have to take someone a bit smaller.

[@RT42069]

Weird, because more modern jet fighters are the opposite: way bigger than most would imagine. F-14s, F-15s, and F-22s absolutely dwarf the P-38

[@JonNo86]

P-38 is one of my favorites of all time. Such an underrated fighter compared to the Mustangs and Spitfires. She was so well designed though. Heavily armed with that central firing platform, extremely survivable, and the thing was FAST! On top of all that, it was an extremely effective tactical fighter-bomber. There was a reason why the highest scoring American Aces in WWII flew P-38s! It was so good at just swatting planes out of the sky, as you just demonstrated! Really loving the IL-2 content, please sprinkle it in more and more. Have you ever considered doing the perma-death single player campaign??

[@Danlovestrivium]

Dick Bong for the win!

[@thedave1602]

One of my favorite things about your videos is the impact cam. Love seeing the different angle as the bullets rip through th enemy plane

[@ilovegow]

8:33 Certified "Jabos" moment.

[@Cuccos19]

In a worst case scenario P-38 can very well turn tighter than any German fighter when using the Fowler flaps. Late variants (J-25 and up to) could follow them in dive using any time the dive recovery brakes. Also having hydro-boosted ailerons could roll very well (much better than any single engine fighter except maybe the FW190).

[@angrypandaification]

Watching the P38 just swoop in behind like a massive bird of prey going for the kill... Looked awesome. Cool video GS.

[@nathanreece1743]

The guy on the runway at the end…lol poor bastard. Nice video

[@HerrWayne45]

That brutal mogging at the end seal clubbing that 109 on the runway.

[@Ka1adin]

Would love to see this plane flown more :), such a timeless aircraft

[@revengefullobster4524]

After watching the 262 video, it's amazing the difference in firepower. You had to put a lot of rounds on target with the P38 while just a quick burst from the 262 shredded tough aircraft. Good vid, really enjoying this series.

[@MrDozerdee]

That was great. Would love to see the P 38 in more missions.

[@ytsam4674]

Imho IL-2 Great Battles is the best "entry" sim out there and the P-38 one of the coolest fighters to learn on it. Relative good performance, multirole before it was cool, very stable and easy to fly.

[@jameshendrixmizfit7364]

Love the P38. Ace of Aces Richard Bong's plane.

[@stevedemarest276]

I KNEW this video was coming as soon as that P-38 nailed you in the 262...

[@braedynhoward3644]

Loving the WW2 content. Hope we get more!

[@loumencken9644]

The genius of Kelly Johnson in action.

[@tkimythic8981]

POV your waiting till after school to finish a new Growling Sidewinder vid

[@LumberGirthBrooksSnacks]

Lies. We all know you done watched 😎🤘👍

[@joeadamany4583]

My grandmother use to work on these she was an aussie. One if my favorite planes

[@radioactive9861]

I LOVE the P38...General Robin Olds(may he rest in peace) was a P38 pilot...and...an absolute US Air Force LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(I wish hollywood would do a movie about General Robin Olds...)

[@deanlawson6880]

Great video with the P-38 Lightning! My total favorite WWII Warbird!!

[@rodneydecormier1504]

Absolutely my favorite fighter of WWII. So needed at the beginning.

[@mantaray2239]

This was a great video. I would love to see more of the P38 Lightning in action.

[@4rnnr_as]

So cool. I do get tired of P51s and Spitfires. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen a P-38 video!! This was so cool.

[@Informed104]

My vote for more WWII encounters. Loved seeing the P-38 in action. Built in my hometown of Burbank, CA by Lockheed! I don't know, something about dog fighting with those warbirds, primitive by today's standards, but the pilots had lots of guts. I love that WWII action.

[@The_Original_Brad_Miller]

Luv seeing the P-38 up there.

[@TheKenigham]

I'm happy to see il-2 content. I feel like DCS lacks WWII action and this is a period with a lot of interesting aviation content to explore. WWII dogfights are very fun and kind of a thing on itself. Good call on these recent il-2 videos. I hope to see more!

[@daym8]

The p38 reminds me about the plane in the old cartoon called Tailspin which was not a fighter,yet a great plane. Great flying G.S.👌

[@Nathan-vt1jz]

My favorite WWII fighter!

[@kevinmcdonald6446]

The unique shape of the P-38 was a mixed blessing. I remember reading in the Mediterranean, the Navy shot down a bunch of C-47s in a blue on blue incident. After that, only Lightnings were allowed to fly over fleets, in the Med. The Germans appreciated that Lightnings were easy to identify, allowing more time to decide whether to attack or fly away.

[@coachwilson5967]

Thank for jumping on my request!!! 👍😎

[@dougwoody332]

Far and away my favorite warbird. Love the video!

[@JBASH2011]

My favorite Warbird. Always up for more P38, GS!

[@aaronliddell4280]

This was a really fun video. Loved the runway straffing!

[@druid4243]

absolutely love IL-2 in vr. Can't imagine how much better it is on pimax lol, my rift-s limits my spotting capabilities but I can't bring myself to play on a flat screen.

[@citadel9611]

Nice to see GS doing IL-2 again. The P-38 did well in the Pacific, but not so good in European climate.

[@numbersletters3886]

Very cool, wow the 50s hold some serious ammo!

[@NobleHusky]

New Channel Name : Growling Janitor 😂 Nice flying in my fav WW2 plane! Always get flak talking to P-51 purists over which is cooler.

[@videomaniac108]

It's good to see you flying der gabelschwanz teufel, as the Germans called the P-38.

[@wackswax8423]

Olds was a lightning ace I believe. Sweet video! Need more of this wwII stuff

[@miletello1]

Goddamn I love the P38 so much! Absolutely stunning airplane. Give me more.

[@duileyah]

Since you mentioned the P-38 in the pacific, the name Dick Bong comes to mind. lol what a great name!

[@davidvogl2353]

2 videos in one day?! Hell yeah! After the last two videos vs the F22 and Su57, I'd need a pick-me-up too. Love your stuff.

[@kentwilliams3326]

Thanks for the ride along!

[@kylestickley8096]

California Cutie is the best paint job for the 38 in IL2 I think

[@JamesW81]

Almost had a kitten when I first saw this, Thought someone had made a P38 for DCS!

[@bread8176]

I absolutely love the P-38

[@BrokenandRestored]

Verdammter Gabelschwanzteufel! - Damned Fork-Tailed Devil! LOL. Love it!

[@thethirdman225]

Verdammter myth Jetzt.

[@Imugi007]

Yesssss. Exactly the video I was hoping for next!

[@SovereignKnight74]

Badass! P-38 is my favorite WW2 plane!

[@brosefmalkovitch3121]

Really feels like the .50s should do a lot more damage than they do in IL-2, that many holes in an aircraft ought to do more than just tickle them.

[@milanprica7513]

He's shooting from too far away

[@JBOMBSAWAY]

This is my favorite channel by far! Thank you so much!🙂

[@AJBond-sf2vz]

Would love to see you do this map with a P-47.

[@Calendyr]

People are asking you to fight jets with the P38. I told you before, eventually you will end up with a Sopwith Camel against jets just so the other guy has a fighting chance LOL

[@thomasfarley5070]

Thanks!

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

Thank you very much.

[@MattWaller04]

YES!!! I’ve been waiting for you to fly the P-38

[@air-headedaviator1805]

Ain’t it crazy how a absolutely UNIT of an aircraft like the Lightning can just tangle with single engine fighters so well?

[@echodelta2172]

When you look at the layout of a Lightning, the designers made immense effort to minimize the plane's mass and volume. When you remove the booms, the plane isn't big at all and the booms are very slim.

[@debbiestimac5175]

But it was miserable to fly at high altitudes, it was an icebox, because it had no engine in front of the cockpit. In the Pacific, they would use them to get the beer cold and looked forward to getting low after long patrol missions, to warm themselves back up. The ETO guys suffered greatly on those long escort missions, their suits could not keep up.

[@Chio_OB]

@@debbiestimac5175 It also had terribly unreliable engines and could easily kill pilots due to compressibility, if I remember without googling they kinda sorted it with an airbrake? Best for Pacific theatre (2 engines), lower altitude and it was warmer, lol

[@remingtonwingmaster6929]

It wasn't the engines that were unreliable, it was the props; depending on the variant, they had a tendency to run away

[@smittywjmj]

@@Chio_OB The dive recovery flaps aren't airbrakes, like the name suggests, they function as a form of high-speed flap. Compressibility was also not the problem, although it was suspected by Lockheed for a long time, which is why the real fix took so long to be implemented. What happens in steep dives is that the center of lift (CoL) moves aft and actually off of the wing, effectively meaning the wing stops flying and the flight controls will no longer work.

[@happyhaunter_5546]

LOVE the yoke controller on the Lightning

[@mbc9290]

What an incredible aircraft!

[@mbc9290]

God bless you Kelly Johnson!!

[@boggan583]

Wish you'd show a bit more lead up on these like you do in the jet videos. I absolutely love the ww2 vids!

[@drippyrooster286]

Great video as usual. It would be cool to see some dogfights vs unknown WWII era against a human.

[@stephenhayden6852]

Waaaay to much fun! Thx mate!

[@Hellica08]

Absolutely love it! GIve us even more P-38!

[@stormhawk31]

I definitely want to see more of the P-38, maybe even up against modern craft. The F6F, too.

[@Cybetrexs]

The P-38 isn’t in DCS, which has all the modern aircraft, and no sim that I know of has the F6F.

[@coachwilson5967]

Love this. The WWII P-38 was so awesome. My favorite WWII plane next to the F4U4 Corsair. Can any other enemy plane stay with the Lightning?

[@BlackMasterRoshi]

262

[@JessidGallardo]

You should do the US vs Russia thing again but with the rule that you can't choose the same jet twice so it's more interesting. Do like 5 or 6 rounds so you can have different engagements. Also make it bandit unknown so you have to choose your jet carefully.

[@CivisMilitarum]

Absolute favorite warbird. Gun platform on wings. 😎

[@gilbertoberrios7707]

bro is an absolute menace with the P-38

[@KevinMalott-bw4rb]

Where do you get the p-38? I tried an old mod, 2016 and it did not work.

[@matheusmpedrosa]

would love to see a dog fight between a Super Tucano and other turbo prop aircraft

[@petersmith2112]

How about doing a video from the il-2 cliffs of Dover featuring the early planes of ww2 👍

[@nicholascollins9775]

The WW2 flying is so entertaining to watch. Maybe you could do some more pacific theatre.

[@Cybetrexs]

IL-2 doesn’t have pacific theater.

[@Chief1lung]

In my opinion the best plane built for its era hands down

[@fauxbro1983]

P-38 is such a Chad. Especially if D-9s and k4s are unavailble

[@murph3194]

Lighting up a plane on the runway....gangster. Lol

[@kiwihame]

Great sorties. Love your work! 😄

[@5T3V3NB]

Damn... this thing just absolutely slays!!!

[@kevinmalott3005]

Hey, how do you get a p-38 in DCS. I've been looking for it for quite a while and am unable to find it. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

[@GrowlingSidewinder]

this is not DCS, this is IL-2 there is no P-38 in DCS at this time.

[@kevinmalott3005]

@@GrowlingSidewinder Thank you very much. Love watching your videos.

[@oldgreyman5994]

I was waiting for the obligatory "differential thrust" comment ...

[@Terminator484]

One of your WWII planes versus random modern jets match-up with the P-38 would be very interesting to see. Any plans to do one of those?

[@Cybetrexs]

Iirc the P-38 isn’t in DCS, which has all the modern stuff.

[@deepscuba7384]

GS: Have you experimented with differential thrust in the P-38? Don't use the throttles... maintain RPM, but manipulate the prop pitch.

[@agentj890]

P-38 is the GOAT

[@tobilikebacon]

my favorite plane is back!

[@BSKustomz]

I love the P-38, between this and the new C-130 I'm probably going to end up buying a yoke before I buy a stick

[@jonathansuniga3522]

this is great helped me decide to buy the game and the p 38

[@AggressivelyMediocre]

Christ, you utterly bullied them. lol. Those last two were just cold.

[@thethirdman225]

Yeah but he said most of them had already been shot up by Spitfires and P-51s. He just felt like the janitor.

[@glennvogt1194]

Do not underestimate the power of the P-38 Lightning. That is why the Germans called it " the Fork tailed devil" while the Japanese called it " the two fighters with one pilot".

[@franken-aye1177]

Hanz was already thinking of schnitzel there at the end of runway.

[@Alpha_blossom]

So glad you’re on a ww2 streak

[@jdbarnes5987]

I love how you didn’t want to get greedy flying the airplane that punished you twice because you got greedy. Lol

[@prinzchen17]

Please more of the P-38 and WW2 in general! 🙏

[@gwcrispi]

I wonder how much different it was flying/fighting with a yoke instead of a stick?

[@denneledoe873]

probably if i had to guess, i can see a pro and a con; Pro: You're able to exert more force on the stick, and in an age of cable driven flight surfaces, that's a big deal Con: less responsive in that you need to kinda rapidly flick it like a steering wheel. you can see in the video that the inputs are made by a flightstick, so you can see the yoke going crazy. it's humanly impossible to twist it that much that quick

[@zamoragera13]

Awesome should do more of these older aircraft.

[@idiotgaming4701]

1:24 there was actually an incident where the italian prototype SM.92 was shot at because it looked like a P-38 lmao great vid as always!

[@smittywjmj]

Another incident, the C-54 carrying the dive recovery flap upgrade kits for early-block P-38Js was shot down by the RAF because it looked like a German Fw 200.

[@singlechristiancowboy]

My Mount Rushmore of WW2 allied fighters....P47, P38, P51, F4U

[@brockaengland]

Keep the WWII content coming!