Republic P-47 Thunderbolt

Ещё цветное фото немного получше качеством
Cpt Edwin Fisher of the 362nd FG atop his P-47D Thunderbolt 42-26919 “Shirley Jane III”

 

“Okie” of the 84th FS, 78th Fighter Group
pilot Lt Quince Brown

 

Lt Virgil Meroney of the 487th FS, 352nd FG in the cockpit of his P-47D Thunderbolt 42-8473 HO-V

 

Col Joseph Laughlin of the 362nd FG

 

“Magic Carpet” of the 366th Fighter Group

 

Lt Clifford Armstrong of the 352nd FS, 353rd FG with his P-47D 42-7904 SX-F. “Gun melody”
отмечено 15 сбитых самолётов Люфтваффе

 

Walker “Bud” Mahurin of the 56th Fighter Group, 63rd FS

 

Кажется тема зачем-то потихоньку превращается из "Самолёта Р-47" в "Асов на Р-47". Давайте-ка сконцентрируемся на технике.

Вышезапощенное фото по идее этой темы должно было быть подписано так: P-47D-5-RE серийник 42-8487, код UN-M, имя "Spirit of Atlantic City" капитана Уокера "Бада" Мэюрина. Купленный на сборы от военных облигаций жителями Атлантик Сити.

Первым делом самолёты, девушки потом. Это материальная часть.

 

1) P-47 Fighter Plane (#42-8386) Flying Escort
2) P-47 Fighter Plane (#41-6608) Parked on Airfield
3) Crash Landed P-47 Fighter Plane (#42-75351) on Airfield
4-5) Crashed P-47 Fighter Plane Burning on Airfield by Tanker Truck
6-7) P-47 Fighter Plane (#42-75777) Parked on Pacific Airfield

 

P-47 Fighters Await Assembly at Speke Airfield near Liverpool

 

P-47, Italy

 

USAAF P-47 Thunderbolts newly arrived to the United Kingdom and be transported by RAF Trucks.

 

P-47 Thunderbolt

 

405th Fighter Group

 

1-2) P-47 "HELLUVA WRECK" #42-22510
3) P-47 "SCRAPS"
4) P-47 "GLORI GAL"
5) P-47 "TWO BUCKEYE"

 

How big was the P-47? This shot of 2nd Lt. Art Rowley standing next to one says it all. The Thunderbolt was the largest, heaviest single-engine fighter of WWII. For perspective, here’s an infographic showing how it stacked up against its contemporaries.