eBay: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

[Old Wizard]

 

[Snautzer01]

Sealing up for transport, never knew they called in "Raincoats"

 

[Wurger]

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Glider]

Wonder why there is the warning about 'Not for use in western hemesphere'.

 

[Wayne Little]

Cool stuff.!

 

[Gnomey]

Nice stuff!

 

[Snautzer01]

41-6209 (4th FG, 334th FS, then 56th FG) was 56th FG Col Hub Zemke's personal aircraft. Took part in first combat in ETO for the P-47, dated Mar 10, 1943. with 56th FG, 62nd FS damaged by Fw 190A and crashed at Oude-Tonge, Netherlands Jul 30, 1943. MACR 218. Pilot Lt R.E.Stover bailed out but was KIA.

 

[Wurger]

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[johnbr]

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

• Role: Fighter-bomber
• Manufacturer: Republic Aviation
• Designer: Alexander Kartveli
• First flight: 6 May 1941
• Introduced: 1942
• Status: Retired 1966, Peruvian Air Force
• Primary users: United States Army Air Force, Soviet Air Force, Royal Air Force
• Produced: 1940-May 1944
• Number built: 15,678
• Unit cost: US$85,000 in 1945 ($1.1 million in today's dollars)
• Variants: Republic XP-72

 

[johnbr]

Aircraft of the U.S. during World War II | World War Photos

P-47D "Spittin' Kitten" 404 of the 318th FG, 73rd FS prepares to launch from USS Manila Bay CVE-61, 23 June 1944
Ground crew of the 56th Fighter Group work on the engine of a P-47 Thunderbolt at Boxted February 1945
Phttp://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery/usa/aircrafts-2-3/-47 Thunderbolt "Jug" | World War Photos

 

[johnbr]

Sorry about that

 

[johnbr]

21 December 1944 – lt Henehan of the 346th FS, 350th Fighter Group stands in the hole in his P-47 left wing

 

[johnbr]

P-47s-escort-carrier-USS-Casablanca-enroute-SanFrancisco-to-Guam

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Wurger]

 

[Wayne Little]

Good shots.

 

[johnbr]

Republic XP-47H Thunderbolt.
Republic XP-47H Thunderbolt fighter (s/n 42-23298)on the ground. Ttwo P-47D-15-RE airframes were equipped with the experimental 2300 hp Chrysler XIV-2220-1 sixteen-cylinder inverted liquid-cooled engine. These aircraft were redesignated XP-47H.

 

[Old Wizard]