Books : P-47 Thunderbolt Aces of the Eighth Air Force (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 24)
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by: Jerry Scutts
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 355
EAN: 9781855327290
ISBN: 1855327295
Label: Osprey Publishing
Manufacturer: Osprey Publishing
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 96
Publication Date: October 30, 1998
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Release Date: October 30, 1998
Sales Rank: 396784
Studio: Osprey Publishing
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The US aviation industry produced three great fighter designs to equip its burgeoning army air force during World War 2, and of this trio, Republic's P-47 Thunderbolt was easily the heaviest. Powered, crucially, by a turbocharged Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial engine that produced 2000 hp, the first production fighters reached the 56th FG in June 1942, and six months later the group joined the Eight Air Force in Britain. The arrival of the first P-47Cs in mid-1943 addressed the problem of the aircraft's short combat radius, as this model could be fitted with an external tank. Slowly, as combat tactics evolved in units like the 56th and 78th FGs, pilots learnt how best to fly the Thunderbolt in order to effectively counter the more nimble Luftwaffe fighters.
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Rating: - A great book every thunderbolt fan shoul read and look
This book keeps on with the excellence "The Osprey Aircraft of the Aces" series have us used to. It has a detailed historic account of the missions and the everyday living of these intrepid pilots of the US Air Force since their arrival to Europe with the "jub". It complements these accounts with excellent photos of those days, and perhaps more important, with detailed profiles of the aircraft, the way they where painted and conditioned for the war. Over all, this is really great book, every ... Read More
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