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Republic P-47N-1-RE Thunderbolt "THE REPULSIVE THUNDERBOX"
No history to be found (yet). Looks to have stayed stateside.

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Zero Surprise!!...

I have always loved that name. That is a higher resolution image than I have.......thanks for posting it.

I turned this up:

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Interesting that he hates the P-47. Wonder what fighter he would have approved?(P-51) . Still, stateside duty making rank because of attrition due to overseas combat losses and being paid to fly a fighter stateside is pretty good duty.

"He"? who? Often groundcrew/crew chief markings on the RH side, so assuming a few grazed knuckles then I can see that.

Plus there's a great assumption there about someone being stateside and having, "...pretty good duty". They also serve and often make the supreme sacrifice too.

Same bird; different angle:

https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item ... /205366130

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

I'm a big Mustang and Corsair fan, but I could make a VERY strong case that the P-47N was the best all-around fighter of WWII, period.

The F-47 would have been a much better choice for air-ground close air support than the F-51D with its radiator, smaller engine and tail wheel bolted in the down position.

I still think a lot of decisions probably came down to logistics, money, and fuel. The P-51 was easier on the wallet from what I can tell...

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The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD. - Prov. 21:31 - Train, Practice, Trust.

There were more stateside training accidents than there were combat losses. A pilot was more likely to auger in learning to fly than he was to get shot down by the enemy. Add in weather related attrition, mechanical failures and straight up pilot error....there was no "pretty good duty" they were all sacrificing.

The P-51 certainly had a simpler structure to build, and all the supercharging was part of the engine rather than an added remote system like in the P-47.