The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt entered World War II as an object of ridicule, dismissed by German pilots as slow, heavy, and ...
The Yak-3 was light, fast, and partly made of plywood - but it flew circles around German fighters. Even Luftwaffe aces ...
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