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What allied aircraft shot down the more German fighters than any other?
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∙ 15y ago
There are answers ranging from the Mustang to the Tempest to the Spitfire Mk XIV. The USAAF had kill records back as far as August 1944 from what I've read. From that, I would have to say that it was indeed the P-51D. These were also some of the best planes for fighting the jets because of their combination of high speed, especially in a dive from above a bomber formation, and high manuervability in the hands of an experienced pilot. Another interesting fact is that the Americans also built the super-fast and lightened P-47M as an attempt to kill Me 262's. They could do a rather good job at this task with their 475mph+ max speed in a dive on the 262's when they weren't suffering troubles from their highly tuned engines. The problem of jets was solveable, the allies just had to be using the right planes.
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