Ground Attack Plane P38L or P47D-40?

[Randy1]

. . . Same with an oil hit on a jug.  Unless I'm far, far from home I keep fighting, as I'll probably run out of ammo before I run out of oil.

Wiley.

That is one advantage the P38 has, no oiled windscreens but it also has a bad blind spot. 

I am sold on the P47 as my ground attack plane.   The dive speed, the durability, the best fighter load out, loads of bullets and lots of exit speed and it is just not as doggone big of a target after exit.

I took the 47M out several times.  It use to be my plane of choice till I spent so much time in the 38.  Man you got to love all those bullets on the 47.  La7s seem to be more of a problem for a 47 than the 38 but that might have been who was holding the stick.  Latrobe handed me my butt in his 109 but I did enjoy the brief fight.

[Ack-Ack]

That is one advantage the P38 has, no oiled windscreens but it also has a bad blind spot. 

What "bad blind spot" does the P-38 have?

ack-ack

[Wiley]

What "bad blind spot" does the P-38 have?

ack-ack

"Down"? 

I fly the 47D-11 a lot, as well as the birdcage corsair, but I consider the 38 to have some nasty blind spots at the sides and back low, and the wings cover an awful lot of area compared to most other aircraft.

Like all planes, of course they can be worked around, but when it's not your normal plane, it can feel like it hides a lot with the twin fuselages.

Wiley.

[Letalis]

HUH?! 

The Jug was born as a fighter, raised as a fighter, achieved great success as a fighter and only then someone came up with the idea to strap some bombs to it and see what happens. It is a fighter that added the attack option, not the other way around. Versatility was discovered, not designed. The M Jug follows the tradition of the razorbacks as pure high altitude fighters, the role they were made for.

Jugs, not even the M are superior to the other 1945 planes in MA conditions. Take the fight up to 25+ kft and suddenly the purpose of the big clumsy turbo-supercharger becomes a little clearer. At 0-10k the jugs can be formidable opponents, but it still requires a good pilot to use them - they will not win the fight for you.

While I can strap a bomb on to the D11, It feels totally wrong. Same principle applies to the M had it had the option. You do not load a Thoroughbred with sacks like it was some beast of burden!

Yes, the M is awesome.  In fact, if you're used to the D25, it feels downright cheaty.  Whatever your opinion of what a Jug should be, you've gotta admit that NOT using such a tough aircraft in the ground pound role is an absolutely tragic waste of talent