Comments by "Solo Renegade" (@SoloRenegade) on "The Brewster XA-32; The WORST Aircraft They Built?" video.

the A-36 was not replaced by the P-47. the A-36 was faster and more maneuverable at low altitude, and was a better and more accurate dive bomber. A-36 production was short lived, and they started using P-47 only after they ran out of usable/repairable A-36. Even Robert S. Johnson spoke favorably of the A-36. A-36 pilots even preferred the A-36 over the P-47.
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@bobjoned3398 Yes, the A-36 was a stop gap fighter, but it 100% was intended for combat and they were all used in combat till the last plane could no longer fly. The US invented dive bombing, not the Germans, but it worked, as the SBD showed. The A-36 became the best dive bomber of WW2,a nd the only one allowed to do danger close dive bombing in support of troops in contact. The Second best dive bomber of WW2 was the F4U Corsair. The dive brakes were NEVER wired shut, this is a lie that has been refuted by Multiple experienced A-36 combat veterans. they specifically address this lie, and they flatly refute it with prejudice. Read any first hand accounts of A-36 pilots. Even Robert S. Johnson flew the A-36 at one point and had high praise for it. Many A-36 pilots Preferred the A-36 to the P-47 for ground attack, and resisted giving up their A-36 till they literally ran out of airplanes. Even the Germans that test flew the P-47 said it was a sluggish dog below 20k ft, and that they could never get one to go over 310mph at lower altitudes. Read the first hand accounts of the Germans who test flew captured allied aircraft. They didn't much care for the P-47, but they did agree it performed much better above 20k ft and dove well. But a dog at low altitude. Even a P-40 was faster and more maneuverable than a P-47 below 15k ft, and was equally as tough an airframe as the P-47. Ever notice how no P-47s raced at Reno after the war?
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