Do we have casualty rates for the P-47 and P-51 during 1944?
Personally I think the F4U Corsair to be superior to the P-47 as a fighter-bomber. And it entered production just as early. Of course the U.S. Army Air Corps would need to admit that the USN produced a superior aircraft before adopting a version of their own.
I think the numbers on the P47 were actually close to, if not higher than, the P51 as they got a lot of the low and dirty work. Kind of skewed the numbers.
I remember somebody posting the numbers on this board, not long ago either.