Placing the Fairey Battle.

[Jukka Juutinen]

Originally Posted by Franek Grabowski

Because Thunderbolt was an 'overpaid' plane. It was too heavy, too expensive, not very manouverable.

Another BS statement for the P-47 e.g. rolled better than your beloved PoS Mustang. Using WEP it could operate from similar sized runways that the PoS Mustang. As for prices, it was only some 15% more expensive than the Hellcat, supposedly a very production friendly design. Comparisons with the flimsy PoS Mustang are not fair for the latter is capable of carrying considerably smaller external stores or internal armament.