WWII P-47 Thunderbolt ‘Flying Bathtub’ Destroyed 86,000 Railroad Cars, 9,000 Locomotives, and 6,000 Armored Vehicles — The Two Top American Aces in Europe Refused to Fly Anything Else

WWII P-47 Thunderbolt ‘Flying Bathtub’ Destroyed 86,000 Railroad Cars, 9,000 Locomotives, and 6,000 Armored Vehicles — The Two Top American Aces in Europe Refused to Fly Anything Else

The P-47 Was Called the ‘Flying Bathtub’ and Weighed 10,000 Pounds Empty — It Still Shot Down 20 of Hitler’s Messerschmitt 262 Jets This writer is already on record as buying into the strong (though not universal) consensus that the North American Aviation (NAA; sadly now defunct) P-51D Mustang was the best fighter plane of World War II. However, I objectively noted that the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, aka the “T-Bolt,” aka the “Jug,” aka the “Fl…