![]() During World War II, the Thunderbolt flew more than half a million missions and dropped 132,000. Be sure to start your sheeting process by making sure the sheeting bends all the way down to the rib at the leading edge.the leading edge is already on at this time and is wider than the sheeting and is to be sanded off later.Use ca to tuck it in then wood glue if you prefer on the rest. ![]() The P-47, based on the powerful Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp engine, was to be very effective as a short-to-medium range escort fighter in high-altitude air-to-air combat and when unleashed as a fighter-bomber, proved especially adept at ground attack in both the European and Pacific Theaters. Gabreski fired and hit the plane at the wing root. 1.1M views, 21K likes, 1.8K loves, 410 comments, 2.1K shares, Facebook Watch Videos from War History Online: This really shows how survivable the P-47 was, half the ammo of a Fw-190 dumped into it. picture of the sheeting of the right wing. When fully loaded, the P-47 weighed up to eight tons, and in the fighter-bomber ground attack roles could carry five inch rockets or a significant bomb load of 2,500 pounds-over half the weight the famous B-17 bomber could carry on long-range missions. Republic Aviation's P-47 Thunderbolt, also known as the "Jug" (because either it was shaped like a squatted milk jug, or it was short for "juggernaut"), was the largest, heaviest, and most expensive fighter aircraft in history to be powered by a single piston engine. So, a little over a year and a half after starting wing assembly and five years from the first work in the restoration shop, we have begun joining up these.
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