Private Republic P-47D Thunderbolt NX47DA

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(17.10.2019, 06:47 CET)
This Republic P-47D Thunderbolt "Hairless Joe" flew with the US Army Air Corps as 44-90471 and then with the Peruvian Air Force as FAP-114. These World War II era fighter aircraft were produced by the United States from 1941 through 1945. Its primary armament was eight .50-caliber machine guns and in the fighter-bomber ground-attack role it could carry five-inch rockets or a bomb load of 2,500 pounds (1,103 kg). When fully loaded, the P-47 weighed up to eight tons, making it one of the heaviest fighters of the war. The P-47 was designed around the powerful Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp engine, which was also used by two U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps fighters, the Grumman F6F Hellcat and the Vought F4U Corsair. The P-47 also served with other air forces including France, the RAF, the Soviet Union, Mexican, Brazilian. The armoured cockpit was relatively roomy and comfortable and the bubble canopy introduced on the P-47D offered good visibility. A present-day U.S. ground-attack aircraft, the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, takes its name from the P-47 Thunderbolt. Her first time on the site.

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