Besides actual kill ratios against enemy aircraft, one of the great testaments to a fighter plane’s combat efficacy is the respectfully deadly nicknames bestowed upon it by those adversaries. For example, during World War II, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning was nicknamed “Der Gabelschwanz Teufel” (the fork-tailed devil) by Nazi Germany’s Luftwaffe.
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