Jerry Scutts. P-47 Thunderbolt Aces of the Eighth Air Force . , Osprey Publishing, 1998.

The last of the original Thunderbolt groups to form up was the 78th FG. Having trained on P-38s in America, its component units came to England without aircraft, and they soon found themselves flight testing its first P-47s. Initial impressions of the aircraft were mixed, with a num-ber of pilots drawing unfavourable comparisons between the Thunder-bolt and the Lockheed twin such reaction was not uncommon at the time, and it soon passed. In any case, there were simply not enough P-38s available at the time to equip the 78th, this situation causing much con-sternation amongst certain individuals in higher echelons, who viewed the Lightning as a better aircraft for escort missions in the European The-atre of Operations (ETO) - see Aircraft of the Aces 19-P-38 Lightning Aces of the ETO/MTO for further details.