This is why the P-47 Thunderbolt may have been the best fighter plane of World War 2. Bristling with eight .50 caliber machine guns and payloads of rockets and bombs, the P-47’s effectiveness came ...
In close air support, speed and precision matter, but trust matters more. Aircraft earn that trust by showing up under fire, ...
Cottrell ended the war with sixty-five combat missions under his belt in his trusty P-47. As The National Interest has recently reported, World War II fighter pilots (not to mention WWII veterans in ...