Col Zemke "When mixing it up with enemy fighters, I try always to attack from the rear and slightly below with plenty of closing speed. This means I probably started from a superior altitude and out of the sun. Of late. the Luftwaffe diving on bombers from above. I can usually see them roll over, and I generally roll over and lock on to one, moving in close. This tactic is used only when a suficient number of fighters can remain above the formation. The enemy has, for the past four month, primatily tried to get away by out-diving us, and everyone knows they cannot touch the dive of a P-47! I tell my pilots to Just hold on and you'll catch them because the German pilots are most likely to level out slow down before entering clouds. This rpove to be a wonderful time to make them change their minds"

"The greater the number of enemy fighters, the harder we have to hit them to break them up. For instance, suppose you saw three Fe190 some 3000 feet below. This is ideal occasion when you could dive down at a good clip, devote most of your attention to one and polish him off. Now, if 20 of them were in the same position, you'd probably come screaming down with full force to pcik out the most logival enemy fighter at the point of firing, and then pull up immediately to good altitude and develop another attack on one of those remaining who has been shaken out of his helmet by your sudden onslaught. I have never yet cut my throttle just to hang on the tail of an enemy fighter. I always move past him, going just about straight up. You'll always win a battle as long as you can stay above. Take him on the next try. The prevalent idea of cutting the throttle to allow the enemy to pass has never appeal to me. THeir pilots are just too good at gunnery to permit this"