This is why the P-47 Thunderbolt may have been the best fighter plane of World War 2. Bristling with eight .50 caliber machine guns and payloads of rockets and bombs, the P-47’s effectiveness came ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Medal of Honor recipient and WWII ace, Neel Kearby. (Air Force) Many of the most successful fighter pilots gained fame not only ...

Cottrell ended the war with sixty-five combat missions under his belt in his trusty P-47. As The National Interest has recently reported, World War II fighter pilots (not to mention WWII veterans in ...