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OK, now that that's settled, what exactly is meant by "most powerful fighter plane of the U.S. Air Force in the war"? The P-47 had more firepower and a more powerful engine.--[[User:Frey|Frey]] 22:36, 20 October 2008 (EDT)
OK, now that that's settled, what exactly is meant by "most powerful fighter plane of the U.S. Air Force in the war"? The P-47 had more firepower and a more powerful engine.--[[User:Frey|Frey]] 22:36, 20 October 2008 (EDT)
:The P 47 was a dual role aircraft though, and excelled at ground attack missions. The P51 was a far superior air to air fighter. Additionally, the P47 was incapable of long range escort missions for bombing raids over Germany without the aid of external fuel tanks. The P 51 was the pinnacle of aircraft technology at the time aside from a handful of experimental and mostly failed German air experiments. [[User:QWest|QWest]] 22:44, 20 October 2008 (EDT)
:The P 47 was a dual role aircraft though, and excelled at ground attack missions. The P51 was a far superior air to air fighter. Additionally, the P47 was incapable of long range escort missions for bombing raids over Germany without the aid of external fuel tanks. The P 51 was the pinnacle of aircraft technology at the time aside from a handful of experimental and mostly failed German air experiments. [[User:QWest|QWest]] 22:44, 20 October 2008 (EDT)
== Luftwaffe ==
Saying that the P-51 destroyed the Luftwaffe may be simplistic. While the airforce was the weakest area of the Germans technologically (until near the war's end), the Luftwaffe was destroyed by overwhelming numbers which the Germans couldn't match, especially when bombing of Germany commenenced in earnest. [[User:Learn together|Learn together]] 13:43, 21 October 2008 (EDT)