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  2. Republic P-47 Thunderbolt - Wikipedia

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    The P-47 gradually became the USAAF's primary fighter-bomber; by late 1943, early versions of the P-47D carried 500 lb (230 kg) bombs underneath their bellies, midproduction versions of the P-47D could carry 1,000 lb (450 kg) bombs and M8 4.5 in (115 mm) rockets under their wings or from the last version of the P-47D in 1944, 5 in (130 mm) High ...

  3. Republic P-47 Thunderbolt variants - Wikipedia

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    Production of P-47Cs in the new plant were designated P-47D-RA, with the first aircraft rolling off the production line in September 1942. The initial production block was based on the P-47C-2-RE [ 4 ] or C-5-RE, [ 8 ] but with two additional cowl flaps (for a total of five) on each side (this was absent on early aircraft, making them ...

  4. 16th Weapons Squadron - Wikipedia

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    16th Fighter Squadron P-47D Thunderbolt [note 2] Activated at Hamilton Field, California in 1941 as a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk pursuit squadron to defend the West Coast. Deployed to the CBI in March 1942, initially arriving at Karachi, India moving via Australia and Ceylon. It was assigned to Tenth Air Force.

  5. 127th Operations Group - Wikipedia

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    Group Republic P-47D Thunderbolt [note 4] The group arrived at the Firth of Clyde on 29 November and moved to RAF Bottisham, England the following day. It would be the last P-47 Thunderbolt group to join Eighth Air Force. The 361st flew its first combat mission with its P-47 aircraft on 21 January 1944.

  6. 318th Fighter Group - Wikipedia

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    P-47 Thunderbolts from the 318th Fighter Group taking off from East Field on Saipan, Marianas Islands in October 1944. Lead ship: "Big Squaw" Republic-Evansville P-47D-20-RA Thunderbolt s/n 43-25327 19th FS, 318th FG, 7th AF Assigned to John "Jack" H. Payne. The 318th Fighter Group was a World War II United States Army Air Forces combat ...

  7. 353rd Fighter Group - Wikipedia

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    Equipped with P-47D Thunderbolts, operations commenced on 12 August 1943. It was the fourth P-47 unit to join the Eighth Air Force. It was the fourth P-47 unit to join the Eighth Air Force. From Metfield the 353rd flew numerous counter-air missions and provided escort for bombers that attacked targets in western Europe, made counter-air sweeps ...

  8. Moral Injury: The Grunts - The Huffington Post

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    Some troops leave the battlefield injured. Others return from war with mental wounds. Yet many of the 2 million Iraq and Afghanistan veterans suffer from a condition the Defense Department refuses to acknowledge: Moral injury.

  9. List of surviving Republic P-47 Thunderbolts - Wikipedia

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    Republic P-47D-40-RA Thunderbolt 45-49192 presented as P-47D-25-RE 42-26671 'No Guts-No Glory' (MX-X) of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, nicknamed "No Guts-No Glory!", while flying for Claire Aviation in Wilmington, Delaware, USA. The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt is an American fighter aircraft.