altitudes

Hello everyone, I was wondering how Allied fighters in Western Europe conducted missions unaccompanied from bombers or other multi-crew aircraft in regard to the high speed winds which can be found in high altitude. In other words: how the pilotos managed to calculate their ground speed and...

I'm curious why the 56th FG didn't transfer to the P-51B. The P-51B had higher top speed, faster rate of climb, better turn time, longer range, better roll rate, higher critical mach speed and nearly half the price. It would seem 100% logical to simply move to the better plane, right? I'd assume...