So kind of an odd question, the P-47D-23-RA sitting in our hanger is a war veteran that crashed in Papua New Guinea during the war. It's been sitting in front of a guy's house in PNG since then and hasn't flown since. We're finally cracking it open and we just found an extra fuel or chemical tank in the dorsal area right behind the cockpit. There is an opening for the tank fill on the center-line behind the cockpit canopy. The canopy would need to be closed to fill whatever was in the tank. I'd estimate that it holds 40 or 50 gallons, it's not huge.
Normally the P-47 only has two fuel tanks and they are both below the cockpit. We can't find a reference to an extra tank of any sort behind the cockpit. As far as we know the airframe is bone stock and hasn't been modified.
Opening:
http://i.imgur.com/k2ecaFh.jpgFiller cap:
http://i.imgur.com/nHApKze.jpgHere you can see the outside of the tank under the skin:
http://i.imgur.com/7z3J8U8.jpg