For all of you who keep downtalking the 109, I ask you this: have you ever read book about fighter aces of Germany, World War II, or in general? If you have, you would find as much BS in this P47 pwns 109 crap as I do.
IF the 109 is such an inferior aircraft, then how would you explain the simple fact that the top aces of any war, ever, flew them? Erich Hartmann, 352 kills, and Gerhard Bekhorn, 301 kills, both flew 109's. Furthermore, there are 30 more pilots just from JG52 that didnt just earn the rank of ace, but had more than 100 kills, 4 of those with more than 200! Just from JG52! And this was against the best Allied pilots of the war, the Russians! Now, I dont have a book with a list of all the German 109 aces, but, if every ace were listed, down to 5 kills, I am quite sure that it would take up several good sized pages.
I wouldnt be surpised to find that all the kills made by 109 pilots from JG 52, or JG 54, and definately the two put together, would amount to more than claimed by all American fighter pilots in both Theaters.