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Re: Which was tougher: P-47 or F4U?
Posted by bdk on Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:37:21 AM
In reply top Which was tougher: P-47 or F4U? posted by John Ceglarek on Wed Jan 28, 2004 08:45:17 AM
To me it depends what you mean by tougher. Are you talking about vulnerability to being shot-down, crash survivability, or the strength margin (which can pull more "G's")?
The P-47 has some pretty complicated systems that could be easily damaged by a stray bullet, but then again it wouldn't have been able to perform its primary mission without the turbocharger.
Can't help with providing the study unfortunately.
: I ran into a slight dispute on another board as to which a
: ircraft was "tougher". I seem to remember a USAAF study i
: n which the Army Air Force conceded that the F4U had a str
: onger airframe than the P-47, but I can't find any referen
: ce to it now. Does anybody else remember this, or am I dr
: eaming?