Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

753:. The North American F-51 (P-51) Mustang was used by the USAF, mainly in the close air-support role. Since the Mustang was more vulnerable to being shot down, (and many were lost to antiaircraft fire), some World War II P-47 pilots suggested the more durable Thunderbolt should have been sent to Korea in the Mustang's place. The F-51D was available in greater numbers, though, in the USAF and ANG inventories. Due to continued postwar service with U.S. military and foreign operators, a number of Thunderbolts have survived to the present day, and a few are still flying. The Cuban Air Force took delivery of 29 ex-USAF airframes and spares. By the late 1950s, the F-47 was considered long obsolete as a fighter, but was well suited for 6220: 934:(VVS) via Alaska in March 1944. Two of them were tested in April–May 1944. Test pilot Aleksey N. Grinchik noted the spacious cockpit with good ventilation and a good all-around view. He found it easy to fly and stable upon take-off and landing, but it showed excessive rolling stability and poor directional stability. Soviet engineers disassembled the third aircraft to examine its construction. They appreciated the high production standards and rational design well-suited to mass production, and the high reliability of the hard-hitting Browning machine guns. With its high service ceiling, the P-47 was superior to fighters operating on the Eastern front, yielding a higher speed above 30,000 feet (9,100 m). The 2050: 1839: 1141: 1467: 1680: 1707: 561: 38: 1441: 1072: 1789: 1777: 1729: 622: 805: 1367: 766: 1298: 1056:

bathtub around the sky. When his unit (4th Fighter Group) was equipped with Thunderbolts, ace Don Blakeslee said, referring to the P-47's vaunted ability to dive on its prey, "It ought to be able to dive. It certainly can't climb." (Blakeslee's early-model P-47C had not been fitted with the new paddle blade propeller). The 4th Fighter Group's commander hated the P-47, and his prejudices filtered down to the group's pilots; the 4th had the fewest kills of any of the first three P-47 squadrons in Europe.

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P-47s at low to medium altitudes, since these early P-47s had mediocre climb performance due to the lack of paddle-blade propellers. The arrival of the new Curtiss paddle-blade propeller in early 1944 significantly increased climb rate at lower altitudes and came as a surprise to German pilots, who had resorted to steep climbs to evade pursuit by the P-47. Some P-47 pilots claimed to have broken the

903:, and 99 to the 51˚. These machines were delivered between 1947 and 1950. However, they were not well liked, as the Italian pilots were used to much lighter aircraft and found the controls too heavy. Nevertheless, the stability, payload, and high speed were appreciated. Most importantly, the P-47 served as an excellent transition platform to heavier jet fighters, including the 1036: 522: 490:, but it will be a dinosaur with good proportions". The armament was eight .50-caliber (12.7 mm) "light-barrel" Browning AN/M2 machine guns, four in each wing. The guns were staggered to allow feeding from side-by-side ammunition boxes, each with 350 rounds. All eight guns gave the fighter a combined 1148:

The P-47 proved to be a formidable fighter-bomber due to its good armament, heavy bomb load, and ability to survive enemy fire. The P-47's survivability was due in part to its radial piston engine, which unlike comparable liquid-cooled engines, had a high tolerance for damage. The Thunderbolt's eight

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The first P-47 combat mission took place 10 March 1943 when the 4th FG took their aircraft on a fighter sweep over France. The mission was a failure due to radio malfunctions. All P-47s were refitted with British radios, and missions resumed 8 April. The first P-47 air combat took place 15 April with

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Other positive attributes included the P-47's ruggedness; its radial piston engine had a high tolerance for damage compared to liquid-cooled engines, while its large size meant it could sustain a large amount of damage and still be able to get its pilot back to base. With eight .50 in (12.7 mm)

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replaced the P-47 in the long-range escort role in Europe, the Thunderbolt still ended the war with an aerial kill ratio of 4.6:1 in over 746,000 sorties of all types, at the cost of 3,499 P-47s to all causes in combat. By the end of the war, the 56th FG was the only 8th Air Force unit still flying

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The XP-47B first flew on 6 May 1941 with Lowry P. Brabham at the controls. Although minor problems arose, such as some cockpit smoke that turned out to be due to an oil drip, the aircraft proved impressive in its early trials. It was lost in an accident on 8 August 1942, but before that mishap, the

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The P-47's initial success in combat was primarily due to tactics, using rolls (the P-47 had an excellent roll rate) and energy-saving dive and zoom climbs from high altitude to outmaneuver German fighters. Both the Bf 109 and Fw 190 could, like the Spitfire, out-turn and out-climb the early model

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Initial response to the P-47 praised its dive speed and high-altitude performance, while criticizing its turning performance and rate of climb (particularly at low to medium altitudes). The turbosupercharger in the P-47 gave the powerplant its maximum power at 27,000 ft (8,200 m), and in

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fighter by running around and hiding in the fuselage. Optimized for high-altitude work, the Thunderbolt had 5 feet (1.5 m) more wingspan, a quarter more wing area, about four times the fuselage volume, and nearly twice the weight of a Spitfire V. One Thunderbolt pilot compared it to flying a

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P-47s were operated by several Allied air arms during World War II. The RAF received 240 razorback P-47Ds, which they designated Thunderbolt Mark I, and 590 bubbletop P-47D-25s, designated Thunderbolt Mark IIs. With no need for another high-altitude fighter, the RAF adapted their Thunderbolts for

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fighters. Republic tried to improve the design, proposing the XP-47A, but this failed. Kartveli then designed a much larger fighter, which was offered to the USAAC in June 1940, which ordered a prototype in September as the XP-47B. The XP-47A, which had little in common with the new design, was

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With increases in fuel capacity as the type was refined, the range of escort missions over Europe steadily increased until the P-47 was able to accompany bombers in raids all the way into Germany. On the way back from the raids, pilots shot up ground targets of opportunity, and also used belly

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In mid-1944, 200 P-47D-22-REs and P-47D-27-REs were ferried to the USSR via Iraq and Iran. Many were sent to training units. Less than half reached operational units, and they were rarely used in combat. The fighters were assigned to high-altitude air defense over major cities in rear areas.

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struts were needed to provide ground clearance for the enormous propeller. To reduce the size and weight of the undercarriage struts, and so wing-mounted machine guns could be fitted, each strut was fitted with a mechanism by which it telescoped out 9 in (23 cm) while it extended.

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rocket projectiles. Long-range fuel tanks gave five hours of endurance. Thunderbolts flew escort for RAF Liberators in the bombing of Rangoon. Thunderbolts remained in RAF service until October 1946. Postwar RAF Thunderbolts were used in support of the Dutch attempts to reassert control of

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techniques for difficult targets (skipping bombs into railroad tunnels to destroy hidden enemy trains was a favorite tactic). The adoption of the triple-tube M10 rocket launcher with M8 high-explosive 4.5 in (110 mm) rockets (each with an explosive force similar to a

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introduced on the P-47D offered good visibility. Nicknamed the "Jug" owing to its appearance if stood on its nose, the P-47 was noted for its firepower and its ability to resist battle damage and remain airworthy. A present-day U.S. ground-attack aircraft, the

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The P-47 gradually became the USAAF's primary fighter-bomber; by late 1943, early versions of the P-47D carried 500 lb (230 kg) bombs underneath their bellies, midproduction versions of the P-47D could carry 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs and

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A P-47 engine with the cowling removed: Uncompressed air enters through an intake under the engine and is carried to the turbosupercharger behind the pilot via the silver duct at the bottom. The olive-green pipe returns the compressed air to the

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gained when first fitted with its own two quartets of underwing RP-3 rockets for the same purposes—significantly increased the P-47's ground attack capability. Late in the war, the P-47 was retrofitted with more powerful 5 in (130 mm)

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flew a total of 48 P-47Ds in combat (of a total of 67 received, 19 of which were backup aircraft). This unit flew a total of 445 missions from November 1944 to May 1945 over northern Italy and Central Europe, with 15 P-47s lost to German

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at high speeds, airspeed readings became unpredictably exaggerated. As P-47s were able to out-dive enemy fighter planes attempting to escape by such a maneuver, German pilots gradually learned to avoid diving away from a P-47.

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In the post-war era one Air National Guard Thunderbolt plowed into the second story of a factory, shearing off its wings, with the crumpled fuselage eventually coming to rest inside the building; the pilot walked away alive.

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spun at 21,300 rpm. The complicated turbosupercharger system with its ductwork gave the XP-47B a deep fuselage, and the wings had to be mounted in a relatively high position. This was difficult, since long-legged main

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Unlike their Western counterparts, the VVS made little use of the P-47 as a ground-attack aircraft, depending, instead, on their own widely produced—with 36,183 examples built during the war—special-purpose, armored

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prototype had achieved a level speed of 412 mph (663 km/h) at 25,800 ft (7,900 m) altitude and had demonstrated a climb from sea level to 15,000 ft (4,600 m) in five minutes.

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Historians argue that the nickname "Jug" was short for "Juggernaut" when aviators began using the longer word as an alternate nickname. Another nickname that was used for the Thunderbolt was "T-bolt".

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After a change in the board of directors, Alexander P. de Seversky was removed from the newly reorganized Republic Aviation company, with former Managing Director Wallace Kellett taking over as CEO.

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The P-47 was very heavy, too heavy for some maneuvers. We would see it coming from behind, and pull up fast, and the P-47 couldn't follow and we came around and got on its tail in this way.

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The XP-47B was very heavy compared with contemporary single-engined fighters, with an empty weight of 9,900 lb (4,500 kg), or 65% more than the YP-43. Kartveli said, "It will be a

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P-47B-RE 41-5905 assigned to the 56th FG at Teterboro Airport: Note the windows behind the cockpit and the sliding canopy, an indication that this was an early-production P-47B.

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scored 17.75 kills. Despite being the sole remaining P-47 group in the 8th Air Force, the 56th FG remained its top-scoring group in aerial victories throughout the war.

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With the end of World War II, orders for 5,934 were cancelled. The P-47 (redesignated to F-47 after 1947) continued serving with the USAAF through 1947, the USAAF

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in the final months of the war. The Thunderbolts were armed with three 500 lb (230 kg) bombs or, in some cases, British "60 lb (27 kg)"

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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Samuel Johnson collaborated with aviation author Martin Caidin to write his autobiographical story of the 56th Fighter Group,

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The type was provided to many Latin American air forces, some of which operated it into the 1960s. Small numbers of P-47s were also provided to China,

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ground attack, a task for which the type was well suited. Once the Thunderbolts were cleared for use in 1944, they were used against the Japanese in

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A outperformed the early model P-47 at low and medium altitude, where the P-47 had poor acceleration and performed aerobatics rather reluctantly.

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shackles to carry bombs on short-range missions, which led to the realization that the P-47 could perform a dual function on escort missions as a

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of 146 in (3.7 m) in diameter. The loss of the AP-4 prototype to an engine fire ended Kartveli's experiments with tight-fitting

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There were many U.S. pilots who preferred the P-47 to anything else; they do not agree that the (Fw) 190 held an overall edge against it.

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captured five P-47Ds from the Chinese Nationalist forces. In 1948, the Chinese Nationalists employed 70 P-47Ds and 42 P-47Ns brought to

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the P-47, by preference, instead of the P-51. The unit claimed 677-1/2 air victories and 311 ground kills, at the cost of 128 aircraft.

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operated at least one captured P-47. In poor weather on 7 November 1943, while flying a P-47D-2-RA on a bomber escort mission, 2nd Lt.

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Double Wasp two-row, 18-cylinder radial engine producing 2,000 hp (1,500 kW) — the same engine that powered the prototype

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received 446 P-47Ds from 1943. These aircraft saw extensive action in France and Germany and again in the 1950s during the

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fighter to just over 400 mph (640 km/h) in October 1940—with the Double Wasp on the XP-47B turning a four-bladed

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were placed under the cockpit, giving a total fuel capacity of 305 US gal (254 imp gal; 1,155 L).

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with a more powerful engine, as well as on the AP-10 fighter design. The latter was a lightweight aircraft powered by the

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From March 1945 to the end of the war in the Pacific—as Mexico had declared war on the Axis on May 22, 1942—the Mexican

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the thin air above 30,000 ft (9,100 m), the Thunderbolt remained fast and nimble compared to other aircraft.

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schemes used on the P-47: This one converged the eight guns into a point at about 1,100 ft (340 m) out front.

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scored 27 (with one unconfirmed probable kill leading to some giving his tally as 28), and 56th FG Commanding Officer

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said that the P-47 "could absorb an astounding amount of lead and had to be handled very carefully". Although the

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machine guns, the P-47 carried more firepower than other single-engined American fighters. P-47 pilots claimed 20

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Lake, Jon. "P-47 Thunderbolt Part 2: Final developments and combat in the Mediterranean, Far East and Pacific".

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system ensured the aircraft's eventual dominance at high altitudes, while also influencing its size and design.

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abandoned. The XP-47B was of all-metal construction (except for the fabric-covered tail control surfaces) with

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from 1941 through 1945. It was a successful high-altitude fighter, and it also served as the foremost American

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Unbreakable World War II aircraft that were shot to hell—and came back. By Cory Graff Air & Space Magazine

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P-47D "Kathie" with a 75 US gal (62 imp gal; 284 L) drop tank buzzed the airfield at

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In mid-1943, the Soviet high command showed an interest in the P-47B. Three P-47D-10-REs were ferried to the

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The P-47 first saw action with the 4th Fighter Group, whose pilots were mainly drawn from the three British

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In 2015, it was named the state aircraft of Indiana due to its Evansville roots. It is the namesake of the

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for an action in which he downed six enemy fighters on a single mission. He was shot down and killed over

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By the end of 1942, P-47Cs were sent to England for combat operations. The initial Thunderbolt flyers,

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In the spring of 1940, Republic and the USAAC concluded that the XP-44 and the XP-47 were inferior to

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Beginning in January 1943, Thunderbolt fighters were sent to the joint Army Air Forces – civilian

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Air Force History, Air Force Historical Studies Office, 20 January 2004. Retrieved: 14 July 2006.

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rockets under their wings or from the last version of the P-47D in 1944, 5 in (130 mm)

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Camouflage and Markings 15: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt U.S.A.A.F., E.T.O. And M.T.O. 1942–1945

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in steep dives, but later research revealed that because of the pressure buildup inside the

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Erection and maintenance instructions for RP-47B and C, P-47C-1, -2, -5 and P-47D airplanes

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Not assigned • Unofficial • Assigned to multiple types

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placed an order for 171 production aircraft, the first being delivered in December 1941.

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in 1958. Johnson scored 27 kills in the P-47 while flying with the 56th Fighter Group.

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A French Armée de l'air Republic P-47D Thunderbolt of Escadron de Chasse 3/3 "Ardennes"

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and five pilots being killed in action. In the early 1980s, this unit was awarded the "

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WWII P-47 pilots' Encounter Reports (4th, 56th, 78th, 352nd, 353rd, 355th, 361st FGs)

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Broadcast radio interviews of several wartime P-47 pilots appear on the CD audiobook

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by Nicholas Mastrangelo, Chief Technical Publications, Republic Aviation Corporation

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The Thunder Factory: An Illustrated History of the Republic Aviation Corporation.

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After World War II, the Italian Air Force (AMI) received 75 P-47D-25s sent to 5˚

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USAF Air University, Maxwell-Gunter AFB, 17 April 2006. Retrieved: 14 July 2006.

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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt: The Final Chapter: Latin American Air Forces Service

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Laughter and Tears: A Combat Pilot's Sketchbook of World War II Squadron Life

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C542S constant-speed propeller, 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m) diameter

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426 mph (686 km/h, 370 kn) at 30,000 ft (9,100 m)

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18-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 2,000 hp (1,500 kW)

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P-47 pilots frequently carried two 500 lb (230 kg) bombs, using

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made an emergency landing on a German airfield. Roach was imprisoned at

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goliath.ecnext.com. Retrieved: 06 January 2010, via Internet Archive.

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of the 4th FG scoring the Thunderbolt's first air victory (against a

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RAF Thunderbolt Mk.II readying for a sortie over Burma. January 1945

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Lt. Jorge Paranhos Taborda, Brazilian P-47 pilot during World War II

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Fairchild Republic was the most recent incarnation of the original

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The P-47 can trace its lineage back to earlier Seversky designs:

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in 1952. P-47s were used extensively in aerial clashes over the

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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (Les Materiels de l'Armée de L'Air 4)

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Warbirds Resource Group, 11 June 2006. Retrieved: 14 July 2006.

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P-47 Thunderbolt in Action, Squadron/Signal Publications (#67)

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Fighter Pilot Tactics. The Techniques of Daylight Air Combat

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system. The engine exhaust gases were routed into a pair of

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P-47 Pilot's Flight Operation Instructions, April 10, 1942.

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D-Day 1944 – Air Power Over The Normandy Beaches And Beyond

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D-Day 1944 – Air Power Over The Normandy Beaches And Beyond

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Though the XP-47B had its share of shakedown troubles, the

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The Thunderbolt was effective as a short- to medium-range

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were built, but Republic had been working on an improved

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P-47D Thunderbolt Vs Ki-43-II Oscar: New Guinea 1943–44

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Republic's P-47 Thunderbolt: From Seversky to Victory.

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Republic P-47D-40-RE 44–90386 in flight firing rockets

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Surviving Fighter Aircraft of World War Two: Fighters

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Acepilots.com, 29 July 2003. Retrieved: 14 July 2006.

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documented his experiences flying the Thunderbolt on

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3-view line drawing of the Republic P-47B Thunderbolt

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theaters. The P-47 was designed around the powerful

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Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

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Heeps" 2615: 2463:Aviation History Online Museum, 11 November 2010. 1124:claimed 22 Japanese aircraft and was awarded the 7184: 3733:The Luftwaffe over Germany: Defense of the Reich 3478: 2977:World War 2 in Review: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt 4211:Pilot training manual for the Thunderbolt P-47N 4076:. Fallbrook, California: Aero publisher, 1980. 3832:(Ducimus Classic). London: Ducimus Books, 1971. 3211:Page 4 illustration of M10 triple-tube launcher 2584:P-47 Thunderbolt Units of the Twelfth Air Force 2393: 1265:85 units 1st Brazilian Fighter Group, 1944–1954 997: 334:developed earlier by a Russian immigrant named 4091:, January 2005. Parma, Italy: Delta Editrice. 3726: 2268:List of military aircraft of the United States 1006:Air Force received 102 P-47Ds used during the 829:. Operations with army support (operating as " 6155: 4810: 4244: 4198:audiobook with wartime P-47 pilot interviews. 3430: 3428: 3426: 3424: 3391: 3389: 3387: 3354: 3352: 3350: 3348: 3346: 3336: 3334: 3332: 3182: 2946: 2944: 2846: 1770:P-47D 460th Fighter squadron Philippines 1944 994:. The Thunderbolt was given German markings. 277:was relatively roomy and comfortable and the 3749: 3078: 3046: 2028:Up to 2,500 lb (1,100 kg) of bombs 1837: 1829:List of surviving Republic P-47 Thunderbolts 1022:between Nationalist and Communist aircraft. 788:Brazilian P-47s in World War II carried the 298:American prewar fighter Republic P-43 Lancer 3233:Army, May 2000. Retrieved 21 November 2009. 3197:"Achtung! Jabos! The Story of the IX TAC." 3026: 3024: 3022: 2621: 2544: 2045:Aircraft in fiction § P-47 Thunderbolt 2025:with 425 rounds per gun (3400 rounds total) 1996:1,030 mi (1,660 km, 900 nmi) 749:The F-47 was not deployed to Korea for the 19:"P-47" redirects here. 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Retrieved: 12 July 2006. 2352:Zemke flew a P-38 for three of his kills. 1794:P-47D 334th Fighter Squadron England 1944 1782:P-47D 509th Fighter squadron England 1944 1650:– operated 180 P-47Ds from 1948 and 1954. 1437: 1025: 760: 587:, to train civilian and military pilots. 4224:The Museum of Flight Digital Collections 4215:The Museum of Flight Digital Collections 4046:. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1974. 3019: 3010: 2127:(1948) depicts a P-47 Thunderbolt unit. 2048: 1200: 1192: 1181: 1139: 1070: 1034: 803: 783: 775: 764: 718:from 1946 through 1947, the active-duty 620: 559: 520: 429: 309: 301: 293: 4124:London: Arms & Armour Press, 1990. 3916:. London: Octopus Books Limited, 1980. 3800:Fighters of the United States Air Force 3496:"The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage" 3191: 3150: 3093: 2973: 2455: 2453: 1294: 7185: 7036:Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site 4074:Fighter Tactics and Strategy 1914–1970 3787:. London: Airtime Publications, 1995. 3574:imdb.com. Retrieved: 21 November 2009. 2826:: 600 (photo caption), 7 December 1944 2733: 2686:18 June 2004. Retrieved: 14 July 2006. 511: 306:XP-47 model during wind tunnel testing 284:Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II 214:Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp 7223:Retractable conventional landing gear 6143: 4798: 4232: 3754:. London, UK: Bloomsbury Publishing. 3723:. London: Profile Publications, 1979. 3535: 3487: 3464:. Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc. 3459: 3416:The Netherlands East Indies 1941–1942 2684:U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II, 2038: 2008:44 lb/sq ft (210 kg/m) 1834:Specifications (P-47D-40 Thunderbolt) 1822: 1186:A Mexican P-47D Thunderbolt over the 1135: 1039:USAAF P-47D "Razorback" configuration 338:. Both had fled from their homeland, 322:The P-47 Thunderbolt was designed by 182:role. Its primary armament was eight 7203:1940s United States fighter aircraft 4840:fighter designations 1924–1962, and 3839:London: Macdonald and Jane's, 1978. 3645:. Fairfield, Ohio: DBI Books, 1989. 3493: 3151:Hallion, Richard (August 15, 2014). 3094:Hallion, Richard (August 15, 2014). 2450: 2447:Dorr and Donald 1990, pp. 84–85, 88. 969: 925: 835:breakout attempt at the Sittang Bend 6169: 3750:Claringbould, Michael John (2020). 2568:Air Force Association 1998, p. 110. 13: 3798:Dorr, Robert F. and David Donald. 3444:"Republic F-47D-40-RE Thunderbolt" 2887:. 10 December 2004. Archived from 2642:"Republic P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt" 2622:Rymaszewski, Michael (July 1994). 1818:Republic P-47 Thunderbolt variants 709: 14: 7244: 7113:African American military history 4149: 4029:. London: Blandford Press, 1986. 3719:Cain, Charles W. and Mike Gerram. 3406:"201st Mexican Fighter Squadron." 1030: 533:, were sent overseas to join the 224:/U.S. Marine Corps fighters, the 170:produced by the American company 7164: 7151: 7150: 6218: 3852:"The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt." 2514:General Electric, January, 1943. 2436:Centennial of Flight Commission, 2263:List of aircraft of World War II 2166: 1928:300 sq ft (28 m) 1799: 1787: 1775: 1763: 1751: 1727: 1705: 1678: 1656: 1633: 1611: 1588: 1565: 1542: 1510: 1487: 1465: 1439: 1411: 1388: 1365: 1342: 1319: 1296: 1273: 1242: 1219: 722:(USAF) until 1949, and with the 286:, takes its name from the P-47. 36: 7208:Single-engined tractor aircraft 4014:London: Chartwell Books, 1994. 3862:Soviet Air Power in World War 2 3735:. 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'Gabby' Gabreski". 2481: 2466: 2441: 2418: 2328: 2303: 2290: 2002:42,000 ft (13,000 m) 1955:17,500 lb (7,938 kg) 1949:13,230 lb (6,001 kg) 1943:10,000 lb (4,536 kg) 1459:– used some captured specimens 1113:jet bombers in aerial combat. 684:High Velocity Aircraft Rockets 494:around 100 rounds per second. 289: 1: 3041:American Aces of World War II 2839:Republic P-47D Thunderbolt II 2766:"405th Fighter Group (USAAF)" 2752:National Air and Space Museum 2655:"Republic P-47D Thunderbolt". 2489:"Republic XP-47B Thunderbolt" 2278: 2053:P-47 Thunderbolt 42–25068 at 2031:10 × 5 in (127 mm) 1963:Pratt & Whitney R-2800-59 1693:United States Army Air Forces 1257:Brazilian Expeditionary Force 1205:Two P-47 Thunderbolts of the 516: 506:United States Army Air Forces 394:mounted in the nose and four 241:United States Army Air Forces 239:The P-47 was one of the main 83:United States Army Air Forces 42:Warbird P-47 flying over the 7218:Aircraft first flown in 1941 7138:United States Colored Troops 6882:North American B-25 Mitchell 3817:. Oxford, UK: Osprey, 2000. 3448:Aeronautical Museum-Belgrade 3324:"P-47 Thunderbolt/45-49509." 3312:"P-47 Thunderbolt/45-49219." 3300:"P-47 Thunderbolt/45-49151." 3288:"P-47 Thunderbolt/42-26762." 3276:"P-47 Thunderbolt/42-26757." 3264:"P-47 Thunderbolt/42-26450." 3252:"P-47 Thunderbolt/42-19663." 2578:Bernstein, Jonathan (2012). 2461:"Republic P-47 Thunderbolt." 2387: 1177: 998:In Chinese/Taiwanese service 894:Algerian War of Independence 875:Escuadrón Aéreo de Pelea 201 698:, and 68,000 trucks. During 680:M8 4.5 in (115 mm) 403:United States Army Air Corps 7: 6887:North American P-51 Mustang 4169:, December 1942 article in 4089:I Grandi Aerei Storici n.14 3536:Rarey, George (June 1996). 3418:. Retrieved: 26 April 2015. 3368:Ron Eisele (Nov 1, 2022). 2980:. 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Davis Jr. 6250:Oscoda Army Air Field 6185:99th Fighter Squadron 6129:" • 4262:and Seversky aircraft 3727:Caldwell, Donald L.; 3572:"Thunderbolt (1947)". 3460:Davis, Larry (1984). 3242:Hagedorn 1991, p. 37. 3030:Caldwell 2007, p. 89. 2974:Merriam, Ray (2017). 2797:Berliner 2011, p. 20. 2628:Computer Gaming World 2426:"Fairchild Republic." 2052: 2033:HVAR unguided rockets 1841: 1426:Free French Air Force 1204: 1196: 1185: 1163:105 mm artillery 1143: 1095: 1074: 1065: 1038: 807: 787: 779: 768: 716:Strategic Air Command 702:, in the vicinity of 652:scored 28 victories, 624: 585:Millville, New Jersey 572:, leading ace of the 563: 524: 433: 371:Republic P-43 Lancers 365:with a belly-mounted 313: 305: 297: 21:P-47 (disambiguation) 6993:Henry Browne, Farmer 6877:Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 6858:Freeman Field mutiny 6724:Graham Smith (pilot) 6669:Louis R. Purnell Sr. 6659:James O. Plinton Jr. 6293:William N. Alsbrooka 6283:Rutherford H. 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Campbell 6255:Selfridge Air Field 6012:Covert designations 5693:Fighter, multiplace 5357:Fighter (1948–1962) 4859:Pursuit (1924–1948) 3783:Donald, David, ed. 3199:Stars & Stripes 2891:on 10 December 2004 2865:on 23 February 2019 2630:. pp. 101–105. 2624:"Playing Your Aces" 2588:Botley, Oxfordshire 2550:Green 1961, p. 173. 2524:"P-47 Thunderbolt". 2362:Quentin C. Aanenson 2221:Grumman F6F Hellcat 2188:Related development 2182:A-10 Thunderbolt II 2078:The Czech composer 1953:Max takeoff weight: 1504:– 100 received 1950 1481:– 50 delivered 1948 1380:Dominican Air Force 1334:Colombian Air Force 1261:Brazilian Air Force 1004:Chinese Nationalist 988:355th Fighter Group 650:Francis S. Gabreski 612:348th Fighter Group 512:Operational history 226:Grumman F6F Hellcat 52:General information 7228:Symbols of Indiana 7052:Leslie Edwards Jr. 6967:Wings for This Man 6749:Harry Stewart, Jr. 6699:John W. Rogers Sr. 6689:Curtis C. Robinson 6644:Walter L. McCreary 6634:Armour G. McDaniel 6609:Wilmore B. Leonard 6604:Clarence D. Lester 6449:John Ellis Edwards 6444:Wilson V. Eagleson 6348:Granville C. 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