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And make the Army a depository for the failed sons of the nobility.

Cannons make the psychological impact of a strafing run much greater than machineguns. Thus if in strafing run by Typhoons and Thunderbolts both were to inflict the same casualties, the surviving Germans would be more shaken by the series of explosions from the Typhoons canons than from the...

Sorry, but according to Germans who had the misfortune of experiencing both, Typhoons were scarier than Thunderbolts and other jabos.

Pretty much every allied fighter started with classical canopy, before the bubble canopy was perfected to the point where it could be reliably mass produced, then almost every type was redesigned to fit it, as it gave pilots excellent situational awareness and cleared the air flow well. I think...

No, Typhoon received such canopy in later variants, same with Thunderbolt.

Actually the bubble canopy, that gave pilots such good situational awareness was copied from Spitfire.

Fun fact, Mustangs were rather mediocre fighters, before they got British engines.

In what time frame? Because in 1942 and much of 1943 they were still lagging behind due to lack of experience and institutional issues due to swift expansion. Courage and stupidity can be interchangeable and decision to launch deep penetration raids like Schweinfurt before long range escorts...