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Mustang vs. Thunderbolt: A 78th Fighter Group combat pilot’s inside analysis

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Of all the questions I have been asked about the P-47 Thunderbolt and the P-51 Mustang, this has been the dominant one: “Which one was the best: the ‘Jug’ or the Mustang?” Even though I devoted a couple of paragraphs in my book, Target of Opportunity, to this popular subject, there were still many details about each, especially relating to combat, that I didn’t cover completely. And had I known of its keen popularity on...

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