Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The P-47 Thunderbolt was a large, heavy, rugged fighter-bomber that tested the combat flying skills of young Air Force lieutenants ...

The P-47 Thunderbolt was the most versatile fighter aircraft of the Second World War. It was not “best in class” in any category, however, it was very good in just about every category. Fast, ...

Cottrell ended the war with sixty-five combat missions under his belt in his trusty P-47. As The National Interest has recently reported, World War II fighter pilots (not to mention WWII veterans in ...

Key point: The P-47 would dish out punishment and take a fair amount of damage. But it did have engine problems. Pilots nicknamed early-model P-47 Thunderbolts the “Razorback,” a reference to the ...

To this day, whenever I see or hear a propeller-driven aircraft overhead, instinctively I envision a World War II Wilmington P-47 Thunderbolt, as if nothing changed. My nostalgia at work. From Dec. 8, ...

To this day, whenever I see or hear a propeller-driven aircraft overhead, instinctively I envision a World War II Wilmington P-47 Thunderbolt, as if nothing changed. My nostalgia at work. From Dec. 8, ...