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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.
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Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces series combines full colour artwork, the best archival contemporary photography, and first hand accounts from aces to bring history's greatest airborne conflicts to life.
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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.
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Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces series combines full colour artwork, the best archival contemporary photography, and first hand accounts from aces to bring history's greatest airborne conflicts to life.
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By the early spring of 1943, three USAAF fighter groups - the 4th, 56th and 78th - were flying the P-47 Thunderbolt from bases in England. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
damaged claims, gun camera film, ranking ace, ace status, made ace, numerous pilots, ground victories, aerial victories, three kills, assigned aircraft, final kill, national insignia, escort missions, fighter groups, confirmed kill Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eighth Air Force, Fighter Command, Bob Johnson, Quince Brown, Fred Christensen, Dave Schilling, George Bostwick,
By the early spring of 1943, three USAAF fighter groups - the 4th, 56th and 78th - were flying the P-47 Thunderbolt from bases in England. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
damaged claims, gun camera film, ranking ace, ace status, made ace, numerous pilots, ground victories, aerial victories, three kills, assigned aircraft, final kill, national insignia, escort missions, fighter groups, confirmed kill Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eighth Air Force, Fighter Command, Bob Johnson, Quince Brown, Fred Christensen, Dave Schilling, George Bostwick,