This is why the P-47 Thunderbolt may have been the best fighter plane of World War 2. Bristling with eight .50 caliber machine guns and payloads of rockets and bombs, the P-47’s effectiveness ...

Cottrell ended the war with sixty-five combat missions under his belt in his trusty P-47. As The National Interest has recently reported, World War II fighter pilots (not to mention WWII veterans ...

Summary: The P-39 Airacobra, often regarded as the least loved American fighter of World War II, was criticized for its inadequate performance compared to the P-51 Mustang and P-47 Thunderbolt ...

Battle across the European and Pacific fronts during World War II and take control of the United States Army Air Forces’ P-47 Thunderbolt. Fight to destroy Japan’s super-heavy prototype bomber ...

Bong was the top American ace in the war. But his beloved fighter plane "Marge" went down in 1944 while being flown by another pilot.

A 100-year-old WWII veteran took flight in a P-51 Mustang over California, returning to the same aircraft he flew in combat missions seven decades ago.

Joe Peterburs grins from the backseat of a P-51H Mustang, the same kind of plane he flew over Germany in World War II, during the Rumble Over the Redwoods Air Show in California. (Courtesy Carson ...

A centenarian World War II veteran, Joe Peterburs, relived his past by piloting a P-51 Mustang in California, the same aircraft he flew in 49 combat missions over 70 years ago.