Thunderbolts

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#1

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Republic F-47D-30 - Dominican Republic Air Force 1950

Republic F-47D-30 - Iranian Air Force 1948

Republic F-47D-30 - Venezuelan Air Force 1951

Republic F-47D-40 - Yugoslav Air Force 1951

Republic P-47D-22 - 82 Fighter Squadron 1944

Republic P-47D-22 - 493 Fighter Squadron 1944

Republic P-47D-25 - 1st GAVCA Brazilian Air Force 1945

Republic P-47D-25 - GC II/5 French Air Force 1944

Republic P-47D-25 - 30 Squadron RAF (Known as Thunderbolt MkII) circa 1945

Republic P-47D-25 - 61 Fighter Squadron 1944

#2

Republic P-47D-25 - 350 Fighter Squadron circa 1944

Republic P-47D-30 - 5 Stormo Italian Air Force 1951

Republic P-47D-30 - Mexican Air Force 1949

Republic P-47D-30 - Esquadra 10 Portuguese Air Force 1955

Republic P-47D-30 - 356 Fighter Squadron 1944

Republic P-47D-30 - 366 Fighter Squadron 1944

Republic P-47D-30 - 512 Fighter Squadron 1945

Republic P-47D-35 - Cuban Air Force 1955

Republic P-47D-40 - 11th Grupo de Aviacion Chilean Air Force 1953

Republic P-47D-40 - Chinese Nationalist Air Force 1947

#3

Nice, Clave!! I know the pilot that flew a thunderbolt for the Mexican Air Force. They never saw air combat during WWII, only ground attack roles.

#4

Hazardous enough job for all thatā€¦ :shock:

I like the P-47, it shows a pragmatic approach - ā€˜lets get the biggest damn engine we can find, and stuff it into a fighter, and see what happensā€™ sort of thingā€¦ :mrgreen:

#5

Beautiful work Clave :slight_smile:

#6

Just went to a air show over the weekend where the featured plane was the thunderbolt

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#7

Nice pics. I noticed that on some of the actual aircraft photos the US star is only on one wing, not both?. Was there a reason for that?

#8

The ā€œJugā€ was an interesting plane. I am surprised you did not include pictures of the Razorback version also. Also the ones pictured with the extra dorsal bracing are most likely P-47Nā€™s not Dā€™s.

#9

HEY ALL HERE IS THE LINK FOR SOME VIDEOS OF THAT DAY

http://www.youtube.com/bigjohnfrommichigan

#10

rather handsome for a big klunker