Fighter Stats

BARRETT TILLMAN

FIGHTER PLANES ARE ICONS. Long after their guns were unloaded, the lethal elegance of Mustangs, Lightnings, and Corsairs continue drawing new generations of admirers. If you doubt it, check any airshow. The crowds are thickest around the airframes bearing “P” or “F” prefixes. No era has produced so rich a variety or as enduring a heritage of fighters as World War II. Only several hundred remain worldwide, but they generate a disproportionate amount of interest for their numbers. The following figures contain anomalies. For instance, the Hellcat, only fifth among numbers of U.S. fighters, produced by far the most aces, and easily notched more kills than the P-40 and F4U combined. Furthermore, the most built fighter, the P-47, has vastly fewer survivors than the next two, the Mustang and P-40…

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Flight Journal (Digital) - 1 Issue, November/December 2024

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