Narrator: "The P47D and M models could tackle any Luftwaffe fighter in any type of dogfight."
That is entirely opinionated statement. We all know it is the skill of the pilot that is supreme, not the plane. I doubt the top Allied pilots would choose the P47D or M as their first choice vs a top LW pilot. I suppose that one could argue at bombers altitude P47 could prove to be superior in many ways. No offense Thunderbolt afficianados, it was a great plane, but dogfighter?
Later on...
The P-38L "could outdive, outrun, outturn and outgun" the Luftwaffe
The P51 "could outturn the Germans"
What rubbish. I'm sorry, I know, I wasn't there and I have never flown said aircraft, however this is terribly biased stuff.
To the victor goes the spoils, in this case the history apparently.
True what you are saying. But remember this.
They were out turning the 109 in a 38 to the left.. I don't care who you are if you are in a stall fight in 109 you will notice that engine torque will snap you around in right hand turn at extremely low speed. Listen to what he is saying. They were turning those 109s in right hand turns under 80 mph. There is no way that 109 will stay with you, especially if it is a k4.
3 Most P-51 battles started at high speed with the 109. If P 51 can get a 109 compressing it is extremely easy to get on there six. Also remember that the P-51b is a extremely good in a Turn fight. A p51 in skilled hands can do it especially with high speed flaps. More important was the fact that toward the end of the war most of Luft. pilots were nubes.
4 In the game, most people are average pilots in the fact that we fly so many different planes. Try flying just on plane for a month and see how much better you perform. Much less for a year. Each plane has little secrets to flying it to the edge of it's performance.
5 that is not the first time I have heard these things from vets. ONe of my good friends flew 51 in 44 and he says the same thing. One of the other things was a lot of time the 51 had less fuel, were as the 109s had quite a bit on bored at the time of engagement. He said the more time the war went on the average caplablities of the German pilot declined because of lack of experience were as the Allied pilots had more experience. Theatrically the 109 could out turn a 51 but in real life it was a toss up .
