read a book now and then,Battle Hymn by Col. Dean E. Hess USAF retired who started out flyin 47s late ww2 and who went on to korea and at the very start was in 47s training korean pilots in the 47s til the f51s came along,and yes they were used in combat to hit ground targets.
he was also the person,along with the guys in his outfit, who got Operation Kiddy Kar started,taking orphans and getting them away from combat areas and raising funds to get them the things they needed to survive.
and btw the p51 name was changed to the f51
You should have someone that has basic reading comprehension skills read the book to you again so you can understand what it says.
Col. Dean E. Hess did not fly P-47s in Korea nor did ROKAF fly the P-47. Hess was the commander of 'Bout One' which was the USAAF operation to train ROK pilots in the F-51. Once the USAAF instructors deemed the ROKAF pilot ready, the USAAF instructors would then fly combat missions with them.
If you really did read the book or even watch the movie of the same name, you would have read that the only time Hess flew Thunderbolts was when he served in WW2 and flew P-47s over Europe in 1944.
At no time did the P-47 fly over Korea by any country. The USAAF deemed that the F-51 was more suitable for logistical reasons as the plane was both in the reserve AF units and with the Air National Guard. The P-47 by this time was only in the Air National Guard inventory and was no longer flown by regular USAAF units (reserve or active). During Korea, the P-47 was relegated to Air National Guard duty as an interceptor on the East Coast.
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