Just for reference looking up plane against plane, the p38 is better than the p47 so far this tour:
38L vs p4730 66 kills 69 deaths
38L vs p4725 26 kills and 41 deaths
38L vs p4711 14 kills 37 deaths
38J vs p4730 118 kills 45 deaths
38J vs p4725 30 kills 23 deaths
38J vs p4711 28 kills 23 deaths
38G vs p4730 23 kills 9 deaths
38G vs p4725 5 kills 11 deaths
38 G vs p4711 3 kills 7 deaths
Total this tour 313 kills 265 deaths
But also you have to see that p47s dont turn and all you see them do is BnZ you to death, at least the p38 can turn with other planes.
Nothing beats the 38 in AH, however in real life my favorite plane is the p47 but I havent been able to learn how to fly the p47 well and just dont have the options that the p38 has in AH.