Republics 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : 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 : Martin Caidin
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1387590723
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Thunderbolt! written by Martin Caidin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-02-12 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thunderbolt! is the incredible true life story of Robert S. Johnson, one of America's leading fighter pilot aces in World War II. His memoir is an action-packed account of how a young man from Lawton, Oklahoma went on to amass 28 enemy kills, the first U. S. Army Air Force pilot in the European theater to surpass Eddie Rickenbacker's World War I tally of 26 enemy planes destroyed. Johnson's detailed, vivid descriptions of close-scrapes with Goering's elite fighters and his numerous other skirmishes makes Thunderbolt! essential reading for World War 2 buffs.

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.

Author : Mantelli - Brown - Kittel - Graf
Publisher : Edizioni R.E.I.
ISBN 13 : 2372972006
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Republic P-47 Thunderbolt written by Mantelli - Brown - Kittel - Graf and published by Edizioni R.E.I.. This book was released on 2015-04-16 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, nicknamed "Jug" was an American fighter-bomber used during the Second World War. Because of its more than seven tons of weight and of considerable size, is considered the single-engine car largest and heaviest ever built before and during the conflict. It was equipped with an extremely powerful engine, 2,000 HP or more, and it was fast, especially at high altitudes. It was also heavily armed with eight 12.7 mm machine guns and its robustness allow him to return to base even if very damaged. Since the early months of 1943 was used intensively on all fronts, contributing significantly to consolidate the supremacy ally in the last two years of war. It was built at a total of 15,678 copies (at a cost of $ 83,000 each of the time) with winning colors USAAF the remarkable total of 3,752 victories in combat against the loss of 824 machines and, after the war, he served in the air forces of fifteen countries, including Italy.