[PsyOp]

P-47D "Thunderbolt" aka "Jug" by the pilots that flew them.

I believe that a Mr. Ball, one of the top American Aces of the war, flew one of these.

[FlyVet]

I believe that a Mr. Ball, one of the top American Aces of the war, flew one of these

Can't remember, unless you are thinking of Richard Bong, who flew the Lightning during the war, and the highest-scoring ace. His plane sits on a pedestal at an AFB in Jersey. I think he was, ironically, killed in a crash as a test pilot after the war. Ironically, as Patton died in a Jeep crash, after the war. They went through all that they did, then died in peacetime. Weird.