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My G-pa claimed that they had a P-47 in the South Pacific that he swore broke the sound barrier in a dive. It appears there are a number of technical issues that makes this seem impossible. He was awfully sure of this claim and he was very a intelligent engineer and understood what it meant to...

Hello, I came across some more documents, could anyone help with these?

Thank You! I did not expect to get such good info so quickly. Does anybody know if there is more information about this particular aircraft, given the serial number?

Hello, looks like I found the right place. I recently inherited some parts off of a Zero that my Grandpa stripped off (I think in Saipan). I found info from the website posted earlier and found the gauge to be a Manifold temp gauge. My question's are, What does the large data plate say? What...