8Fat boy Clarkson could give a Rolls Royce CoG issues.
"The case for the P-47 Thunderbolt being the greatest fighter of the Second World War "
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Fat boy Clarkson could give a Rolls Royce CoG issues.
If they just fitted rear tanks and plumbed them for DT's from the factories the Spit would have been the best overall in my opinion.
Thumpalumpacus
Major
I blame the nose armor!
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Look at all that fuel - that pilot was one lucky SOB...
wuzak
Captain
Was it?
Thumpalumpacus
Major
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Right?
How do you get that door open if you have to bail out?.
The case for the P-47 Thunderbolt being the greatest fighter of the Second World War would be much stronger if more effort was put in to increasing its internal fuel and giving it usable drop tanks available in UK from before it was even deployed in Europe.
Doors are ejected from the aircraft in case of emergency.
Barnie65
Airman 1st Class
Admiral Beez
Major
I think you can't be one of the last to the party and then claim to be the greatest at the event. Per Wikipedia, the P-47 first saw combat in March 1943, less than six months before Italy surrenders and only 25 months before VE Day. As far as tech and capability, due to its later arrival and application of key learnings then to date, the P-47 had better be one of the "greatest fighters of WW2"
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Can we just skip to the end of this thread where everyone says "I hate you all !" and storms off threatening to leave the forum ?
(Personally I`d give P-47 a rating of something like "Most innovative use of turbo technology" for the turbo fighter installation,
nobody else got a S.E.F. into mass production with a turbocharger, which is a major feat, I think the Japanese managed
a tiny handful right at the end)
buffnut453
Captain
Can we just skip to the end of this thread where everyone says "I hate you all !" and storms off threatening to leave the forum ?
My dander is elevating by the second!
The top fighter of the entire war was the Spitfire. The p47 was an excellent fighter, especially after mid 1943. It performed better in some roles than the Spitfire but it was more expensive, huge fuel consumption, and in the most crucial role of the air superiority, the Spitfire was always superior. A spitfire ix would outfly a p47c, a spit xiv would outfly a P47d-25,
a spit 21 would outfly p47N. Except in extreme altitudes
a spit 21 would outfly p47N. Except in extreme altitudes
I do agree for the reasons I posted earlier but the Spit needed more fuel to be a clear of the pack.
yulzari
Staff Sergeant
It would be nice were there to be an agreed definition of the 'greatest' 'best' etc words. For example one could choose some barely in service before the end of the war aeroplane just for performance or the Hawker Hurricane for winning the Battle of Britain which kept the Commonwealth in the war and was the base for all further events.
At least I would like to see these words thrown about with some caveat, e.g. best at….. greatest long range escort fighter and so forth. Then at least we would all be talking about the same thing.
As it stands one person is demanding we all agree the Blogsworth Labrador is the fastest climber whilst another is asserting the Combined Chaffsorter has the longest range whilst a third says the Turboprop Uberbath is the most advanced technically and all are right, in their chosen contexts, whilst the original poster meant which was able to be competent at most roles.
At least I would like to see these words thrown about with some caveat, e.g. best at….. greatest long range escort fighter and so forth. Then at least we would all be talking about the same thing.
As it stands one person is demanding we all agree the Blogsworth Labrador is the fastest climber whilst another is asserting the Combined Chaffsorter has the longest range whilst a third says the Turboprop Uberbath is the most advanced technically and all are right, in their chosen contexts, whilst the original poster meant which was able to be competent at most roles.
Eric Brown rated the FW-190 as the best all round fighter of the war so you could be on to something there.In this case: Fw-190.
Case closed
