September saw the first production order of 150 aircraft. The first XP-61 prototype flew on May 21, 1942. An early P-61A finished in the then standard olive drab and grey paint scheme, clearly ...
So then, **on paper**, we see that the two planes were roughly even in armament (though the P-38 had the bigger machine guns, the Mosquito had more 20 mm cannons), the Mosquito had a slight advantage ...
Jerry Fechtelkotter, right, the sister of Richard I. Bong, reacts after hearing on May 23 that they found the wreckage of Maj. Richard Bong’s famous “Marge” P-38 plane.