When German Pilots Mocked This "Too Heavy" P-47 Thunderbolt — The Mystery of the American Tactic
When German Pilots Mocked This "Too Heavy" P-47 Thunderbolt — The Mystery of the American Tactic In the spring of 1943, German pilots at Vitry-en-Artois looked at intelligence reports on America's new seven-ton P-47 Thunderbolt and laughed. Twice the weight of a Focke-Wulf 190, they said, could never be a serious opponent. Eight weeks later, Lieutenant Robert S. Johnson took 21 cannon shells over Normandy and flew home. Five months after that, Colonel Hubert Zemke's 56th Fighter Group destroyed 39 German fighters in a single month, losing only one pilot. Among the dead was Major Wilhelm-Ferdinand Galland, brother of the Luftwaffe's fighter general. This is the true story of how the airplane German pilots refused to name became the highest-scoring American fighter type in Europe. Join the squadron! 🎖️ Subscribe now to never miss our weekly uploads on military history and the incredible machinery of WWII. / @wwiiaircraftvault #WWII #AviationHistory #Warbirds #MilitaryEngineering #WorldWar2 #P51Mustang #B17 #AviationGeek #USAAF #HistoricalDocumentary
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