Comments by "David Elliott" (@davidelliott5843) on "The Insane Engineering of the P-47 Thunderbolt" video.

  1. Just had You Tube present this again.  Another thought about he title question. During the Battle of Britain, the Spitfires were the best planes of WW2. For long range bombing and bomber fighter cover, the moulded plywood Mosquito was the best plane out there (sadly ignored by the bomber top brass). The very best plane for sinking Bismarck was the Swordfish biplane. It was heavy lift STOL aircraft that could operate in storm conditions where nothing else could fly never mind return and land on a heaving and rolling carrier deck. P47 was a stunning escort fighter for some reason nobbled by the Eighth Airforce top brass who refused to import the drop tanks that would have given the necessary range. They used the implementation of P41 complete with its drop tanks to hide that they not been using them on Thunderbolts.
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  2. The P47 was built big to accommodate the complex turbocharger system. The Vought Corsair used a crank blower on the same engine giving a smaller faster plane. The Fokker Wulf 190 had a similar power plant to the Corsair.
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