P-47N "THE REPULSIVE THUNDERBOX" ...

[Mark Allen M]

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

[AG pilot]

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

[Chris Brame]

I turned this up:

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[marine air]

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.

[quemerford]

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.

[Dan K]

Same bird; different angle:

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

[Snake45]

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.

[marine air]

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.

[RyanShort1]

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.

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...

[menards]

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.

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.

[bdk]

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...

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.