galaxy flyer
Not high for a jet, but for an underpowered, poor handling turboprop, 50 Lb/Sq Ft is astronomical.
I'm not sure I grasp what you mean by underpowered. Each engine produces 1,000 hp (total of 2,000) and maximum weight depending on exact sub-variant is 14,500 to 16,000 pounds fully loaded. That gives you a similar power loading to a fully loaded F4U or F6F Hellcat and those were fighters.
Granted, both of them had lighter wing-loadings, but the P-38 had wing-loadings that were roughly that high and while it wasn't the best maneuvering fighter, I don't recall it ever being referred to as horrendous (except maybe in dives)
As for poor-handling characteristics, do you mean like unresponsive?
How long have you have been a pilot? I mean not counting yesterday.
I'm not a pilot... however most jetliners have wing-loadings well over 100, and some large propeller driven airliners in the 1940's and 1950's had wing-loadings in the 70's.