Republic P 47 Thunderbolt

Author : Jerry Scutts
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Republic P-47 Thunderbolt written by Jerry Scutts and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1998 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The distinctive, rugged lines of this heavyweight single-seater earned it the nickname the jug. But what the Thunderbolt lacked in elegance, it more than made up for in firepower. Of the 15,683 Thunderbolts built, only 54 airframes are known to exist today. This book provides a generously illustrated and thoroughly researched tribute to the aircraft.

Author : Dan Hagedorn
Publisher : Specialty PressPub & Wholesalers
ISBN 13 : 9780962586019
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Republic P-47 Thunderbolt written by Dan Hagedorn and published by Specialty PressPub & Wholesalers. This book was released on 1991-11-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beskriver det navnlig fra 2. verdenskrig kendte, amerikanske jagerfly Republic P-47 Thunderbolt her anvendt af lande i Sydamerika.

Author : Roger Anthony Freeman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780879386641
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thunderbolt written by Roger Anthony Freeman and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Warren M. Bodie
Publisher : Motorbooks International
ISBN 13 : 9780962935916
Total Pages : 425 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Republic's P-47 Thunderbolt written by Warren M. Bodie and published by Motorbooks International. This book was released on 1994-08 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: REPUB P-47 TBOLTBODIE, W

Author : Maciej Noszczak
Publisher : Topdrawings
ISBN 13 : 9788365437723
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Republic P-47 Thunderbolt written by Maciej Noszczak and published by Topdrawings. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The P-47D was the most produced version of the Thunderbolt fighter. From overall number of 15 683 P-47s built the 12 609 of them were the version D. The first trial P-47D left the factory in September 1942. The first serial version of the P-47D was the D-1-RE variant, which can be easily distinguished from the P-47C by its additional blinds on lower part of the engine cowling. The important change was also the additional cockpit armor. The most important variant of the early P-47Ds was the P-47D-5 version. It received the installation which injected the water and methanol mixture to the R-2800-21 engine's cylinders. During the autumn of year 1943 another variant of the P-47D was developed - P-47D-10 with new R-2800-63 engine. In next version - P-47D-11 - the usage of the water & methanol mixture was automatic. The injection was triggered by the maximum push of the throttle lever. The plane also received the gun camera. In another version - P-47D-15 - the capacity of the front fuel tank was enlarged, so the maximum range of the P-47 increased too. The D-15 variant was equipped with two B-10 racks under the wings which allowed to make different configurations of the payload (bombs and fuel tanks). Another innovation was the detachable canopy in case of emergency. Also the shape of two lower blinds was modified. The P-47D-20 received the new engine - R-2800-59 - which had a different ignition system. The D-20 variant also received the higher tail wheel fork and redesigned racks under the wings. The most important change of the construction took place between spring and summer of the year 1944, when the production of the P-47D-22 and D-23 has started. The D-22 version built in Farmingdale factory received the Hamilton Standard Hydromatic 24E50-65 propeller with 4,01 m in diameter. The planes produced in Evansville (D-23) had Curtiss Electric C542S-A114 propeller with 3,96 m in diameter. The new propellers considerably improved the climbing rate of the P-47s.

Author : Cory Graff
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616732592
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book P-47 Thunderbolt at War written by Cory Graff and published by . This book was released on with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jonathan Bernstein
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780960379
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book P-47 Thunderbolt Units of the Twelfth Air Force written by Jonathan Bernstein and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-08-20 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The P-47 Thunderbolt, originally designed as a high-altitude interceptor, became the principal US fighter–bomber of World War II. First adapted to the ground attack role by units of the Twelfth Air Force in early 1944, the strength and durability of the P-47 airframe, along with its massive size, earned it the nickname 'Juggernaut', which was quickly shortened to 'Jug' throughout the MTO and ETO. By October 1943, with the creation of the Fifteenth Air Force, nearly half of the Twelfth's fighter groups would be retasked with strategic escort missions, leaving six groups to perform close air support and interdiction missions throughout the entire Mediterranean theatre. The groups inflicted incredible damage on the enemy's transport routes in particular, using rockets, bombs, napalm and machine-gun rounds to down bridges, blow up tunnels and strafe trains. Myriad first-hand accounts and period photography reveal the spectacular success enjoyed by the Thunderbolt in the MTO in the final year of the war.

Author : Tomasz Szlagor
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9788362878505
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book P-47 Thunderbolt with the USAAF written by Tomasz Szlagor and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2013-03-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A visual history of the P-47 Thunderbolt. Contains more than 120 black and white photographs - all accompanied by informative captions, 12 color photos, 8 pages of color profiles. Also includes bonus decals representing the unique markings of featured aircraft in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 scale.

Author : Jerry Scutts
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781855327290
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book P-47 Thunderbolt Aces of the Eighth Air Force written by Jerry Scutts and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 1998-10-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The US aviation industry produced three great fighter designs to equip its burgeoning army air force during World War 2, and of this trio, Republic's P-47 Thunderbolt was easily the heaviest. Powered, crucially, by a turbocharged Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial engine that produced 2000 hp, the first production fighters reached the 56th FG in June 1942, and six months later the group joined the Eight Air Force in Britain. The arrival of the first P-47Cs in mid-1943 addressed the problem of the aircraft's short combat radius, as this model could be fitted with an external tank. Slowly, as combat tactics evolved in units like the 56th and 78th FGs, pilots learnt how best to fly the Thunderbolt in order to effectively counter the more nimble Luftwaffe fighters.

Author : Jerry Scutts
Publisher : Crowood Press UK
ISBN 13 : 9781840374025
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book P-47 Thunderbolt written by Jerry Scutts and published by Crowood Press UK. This book was released on 2005-04-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pugnacious lines of this stocky fighter show its strength and ruggedness. It was first deployed as a long-range escort fighter, protecting the massed fleets of B-17 and B-24 bombers attacking targets in Europe. As the war progressed P-47s were increasingly used for ground-attack and by the end of the war they had accounted for 6,000 tanks, 9,000 locomotives, 86,000 rail wagons and 68,000 trucks. Add 3,916 enemy aircraft destroyed and the result makes it one of the most effective fighters of World War II.