Americas P-47 Thunderbolt blazes a reputation as the most rugged fighter of World War II; Robert S. Johnson is jumped by 16 German planes; George Sutcliffe tries to elude 40-plus enemy fighters.

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18 thoughts on “Dogfights: ”Thunderbolt””

  1. Thomas Smith
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    Just were did the swarms of Nazis come from. Computer generation,

  5. xGoodOldSmurfehx
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    i thought the P-40 was the most produced american plane of the 2nd WW…

  7. twozero20rn
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    Actually, Gabreski was the highest scoring American ace in the ETO. But, the highest scoring Allied ace in the ETO was Group Captain J. E. "Johnny" Johnson, RAF, who scored a total of 38 kills, all single-engined fighters, by the end of the war. Of course, both fell short of Richard Bong’s 40 kills as the highest scoring American and Allied ace for all theaters. Johnson’s book, "Wing Leader" is as fascinating as Johnson’s book, "Thunderbolt". 

  8. 1903A3shooter
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    If you have not read Johnsons book you should. I read it years ago.

  9. Gavin Z
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    Gabby Gabreski with 28 kills was the highest scoring allied ace in the European frontier, not Johnson. Johnson did have 28 kills at one point, but there was a mistake in his kill count with another man.

  10. Qwerty48121
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    sooner or later you’re going to run out of interesting battles to cast and stuff haha

  12. Rofl890
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    41:41 Ouch! That guy ejected right into the back of his plane…

  13. tennisguy96
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    I don’t understand how he got out of this? At all! Lucky guy

  15. pjt
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    Dear History Channel,

    This is Histroy. Not Swamp People.

    Sincerly the Fans

  16. William Bendix
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    Egon Mayer, the German ace in the first bit was a hell of a pilot. He ended up with 102 kills before being KIA in 1944. Shot down by a P-47. His bag included 26 B-17 and B- 24’s as well as 12 P-47’s. He and Georg Eder were credited with starting the frontal attacks on B-17’s that proved so deadly against the 4-motored bombers.

  18. Quentin Vine
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    Even though these history channel dogfights are old, I still enjoy them a bunch.

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