I’ve posted this before, but it was interesting to me: Many years ago I was engaged in photo services for a group reunion of WWII pilots. Every one of them had flown both aircraft in combat and all preferred the P-47 to the ‘51. They said the Jug would get you home more often than the ‘Stang.
And every one of them loved strafing.
“And every one of them loved strafing”
Who doesn’t?