The final aerial combat for the mighty ‘Jug’ came in January 1955: during a border dispute, Gerald Delarm Amador shot down a Costa Rican Mustang in a Nicaraguan F-47N.
The Jug spilleth over: the manifold relatives of the P-47 Thunderbolt If asked to name an American fighter of WWII chances are most people would say “why the hell are you asking me that?” but…