[Skooz]

The greatness of the P-47 was that it was without peer in ground support, but if jumped by enemy fighters it could drop its ordinance and duke it out with the best the enemy could offer.

[ealgeone]

Give me the P-47 for CAS and the P-51 for CAP. You could win a war with those two planes alone!

Oh, wait....we did.

[robroys woman]

The greatness of the P-47 was that it was without peer in ground support, but if jumped by enemy fighters it could drop its ordinance and duke it out with the best the enemy could offer.

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Ha! In Aces over Europe, if I was in a P-47 and got bounced by an overwhelming force of German fighters, I’d just drop like a brick and hightail it outa there. Worked every time.