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One of the unsung heroes of WWII. An outstanding ground attack fighter.
P-47s logged almost 2 million flight hours during the war, during which they were responsible for the destruction of over 7,000 enemy aircraft in the air and on the ground in the European Theater alone.
Later in the war, Jugs served as escort fighters for B-29 bombers in the Pacific. Mostly, though, they excelled in the ground-attack role, strafing and bombing their way across the battlefields of Europe. Early versions, up through the P-47C, had “razorback” fuselages, but the popular P-47D featured a bubble canopy which gave the pilot increased rearward visibility.
Nicknames: Jug; T-Bolt
Specifications (P-47D):
October 15th, 2007 at 9:34 amEngine: 2535hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-59W Double Wasp radial piston engine
Weight: Empty 9,950 lbs., Maximum Takeoff 17,500 lbs.
Wing Span: 40ft. 9.25in.
Length: 36ft. 1.75in.
Height: 14ft. 8in.
Performance:
Maximum Speed: 433 mph
Ceiling: 41,000 ft.
Range: 1900 miles with drop tanks
Armament:
Eight 12.7mm (0.5 in.) wing-mounted machine guns
Up to 2500 lbs. of externally-mounted bombs, rockets, or other free-fall
Love the color footage from the Thunderbolts!
October 15th, 2007 at 9:36 amFrenchie… you probly remember them flying over france back around ‘44.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:42 amTell us one of THEM kinda stories…
Ah, the predecessor to the A-1 and A-10. Just think how many Kraut panzer crew SOBs met their end against the Jug and the British Typhoon.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:46 amYou could shoot the shit out of those beauties and they’d still keep chuggin’…Thx Bash. Love color footage from then.
October 15th, 2007 at 9:53 amAh yes, I love that old jug.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:06 amSo appropriate to name the A-10, Thunderbolt II
A flying tank that could also airfight.
Sully, you want me to talk to you again ?
will you stay nice ?
not me though could have seen those P47, but my parents did see a few battles in the Brittany sky ;
sometimes one of the fighters fall on a field, either the german or the US or english ones
don’t know much of that time and they didn’t talk a lot of these times too ; seems every one wanted to burry this intermediary inside, later, as kids, that didn’t worried us that much
October 15th, 2007 at 10:18 amI think I was Monogram’s best customer, I had all kinds of WWII aircraft that I built. I used to dream of flying them and doing what those pilots did. Ah, to be a kid again.
October 15th, 2007 at 10:51 amFreakin’ sweet!
October 15th, 2007 at 10:54 amWhite knuckle on those last few airfield strafes!! Awesome footage, takes us back whether we’re old enough to remember or not!
October 15th, 2007 at 11:10 amLove those Jugs. See: Robert Johnson vs. Egon Mayer.
October 15th, 2007 at 11:30 amwow the explosion around the 3:10 mark is a monster, must have been a fuel depot or huge weapons cache. I love color video from back then, cant believe how good the quality is
October 15th, 2007 at 11:40 amI had the great honor of eating lunch with Francis (Gabby) Gabreski — WW-II P-47 (and Polish AF) pilot credited with 28 victories in a P-47 (plus 5 more in Korea in a F-86).
Great man — Great Aircraft. He was working for Republic-Fairchild and you are right … the P-47 DNA lives on. Not only in the A-10 but in the F-105 THUD. I don’t know what input Gabby had to the Warthog but if he did pass anything on it was this: America learned a valuable lesson from the Jug … Build a solid airframe that will bring the pilot back alive. We can always build another Aircraft but experienced combat pilots don’t grow on trees!
October 15th, 2007 at 12:14 pm