"as for the P-47 Thunderbolt I think its dismal barely over 1:1 kill/loss ratio speaks volumes. looks like the PW2800
couldn't hellp it."


By this logic, the Me109 is also "dismal" given it's kill/loss ratio over the course of the war. Think.

Glad to hear you like P-40's. Me too. They've never really been my #1 favorite, but I like them. The P-40 is another example of a fighter that while verging on obsolete, was available when we needed it most. I've always thought it a damned shame that when they put Merlins in some P-40's, they used single-stage engines that offered little advantage over the Allison. Imagine the P-40 with the same two-stage, two-speed supercharged Merlin used in the Mustang.(V1650-7/9) I think a two-stage engine may have been too long for the P-40's airframe, but that's just a guess on my part.