I want to talk about some of the Pacific Theater P-47 missions. Missions in this theater were flown with a combat radius as far as 450 miles using very early Razorback Thunderbolts with the Brisbane drop tank. With Later Razorbacks as far as 500 miles WITH A BOMB, and bubbletop Thunderbolts ranged beyond 800 miles.
The pilots of the Fifth Air Force Thunderbolts met the challenges of the Japanese and the dangers of the theater itself head on and prevailed.
Although it's not the main point, this video will provide the receipts for some of the things I said in my recent debate with Mr. Marshall. For example, the metal Republic drop tank, the fact that Pacific Theater Thunderbolts did routinely operate at high altitude, and of course the ranges of the missions involved.
I am currently reading one of Mr. Marshall's P-51 books, it's awesome.
Note: Charles Lindbergh was qualified on the P-47 as a civilian and even did some test flying in the plane.
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