Description
The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was the largest, heaviest, and most expensive fighter aircraft in history to be powered by a single piston engine. It was heavily armed with eight .50-caliber machine guns, four per wing. When fully loaded, the P-47 weighed up to eight tons, and in the fighter-bomber ground-attack roles could carry five-inch rockets or a significant bomb load of 2,500 pounds. The P-47, based on the powerful Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp engine, was to be very effective as a short-to-medium range escort fighter in high-altitude air-to-air combat and, when unleashed as a fighter-bomber. The P-47 was one of the main United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) fighters of World War II, and served with other Allied air forces, France, Britain, and Russia. Mexican and Brazilian squadrons fighting alongside the U.S. were equipped with the P-47. The early production of P-47s had a “razorback” canopy configuration with a tall fuselage spine behind the pilot. Markings: “Squirt II” 405th FG Pilot: Lt R. Parker. “Miss Mutt” 348th FG Pilot: Lt Col. Robert R. Rowland.
Additional information
Weight | 3 kg |
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Dimensions | 40 × 30 × 30 cm |