Wow, being a horse’s ass suits you. You failed to cite any facts yourself, yet called out Gaëtan for that?

” Not sure where you got your *facts* ”

Mostly from WW2 fighter pilots. From the German pilots, who thought the P-51 was a more dangerous opponent than the P-47. From the P-47 pilots, who struggled to devise proper air tactics combat to maximize the strengths of the Thunderbolt while minimizing its weaknesses. Hubert Zemke has some very interesting things to say about this.

Also from the pilots and staff of the 8th and 9th Air Forces, who quickly decided that the P-51 was the better air superiority fighter and the P-47 was the best ground attack aircraft, and used the aircraft accordingly. If the pilots of the time thought that the P-47 was better to defeat the Luftwaffe, why were almost all 8th AF fighter units converted to the P-51 while the ground attack units of the 9th AF given mostly the P-47? Were the American pilots and staff too stupid to chose the best aircraft for each role?

The P-51 had speed, and it had high altitude performance. Its dive characteristics were decent, but this is not particularly useful when in an escort role as you are more or less tied to the bombers.

I’m not saying that the P-47 was a bad aircraft. It was an extraordinary aircraft in many respects. But in an escort fighter role, or an air superiority role, the P-51 was clearly better. Ill-suited simply means that escort and air superiority were not its strongest points and that it was better used in other roles.

That being said, you are entitled to your opinion on the subject, and even to calling differing opinions “old lies”.

Thank you !

Err… Not sure where you got your *facts* but you need to read up on WW2 Aerial Combat in the ETO. The P-47s actually broke the Luftwaffe, not the P-51B/C/Ds….
You did not have to be nimble if you had speed, high alt performance and good dive characteristics.

it is getting old copy-pasting old lies…