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 REPUBLIC P-47D THUNDERBOLT (RAZORBACK)
 1942
 
 FIGHTER/BOMBER
  
 
 
 
OVERVIEW
  
 

The P-47D Thunderbolt was the first model to be produced in large quantities. A total of 12,602 P-47Ds models were built, far more than any other American fighter in world War Two. Out of this production run 6,313 were “Razorback” version.

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DATA
  
 
REPUBLIC P-47D THUNDERBOLT (RAZORBACK)
(P-47D-11-RA)
CLASSIFICATION
CLASS :
 FIGHTER/BOMBER
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN :
 UNITED STATES
MANUFACTURER :
 REPUBLIC AVIATION CORPORATION
FIRST FLIGHT :
 1942
SERVICE DELIVERY :
 1942
NUMBER BUILT :
 3,963 (P-47D-RE), Blocks 1-22
 
 2,350 (P-47D-RA), Blocks 2-23
   
SPECIFICATION
SPAN :
 40 ft 9 in
LENGTH :
 36 ft 1 in
HEIGHT :
 14 ft 2 in
WING AREA :
 300 sq ft
WEIGHT EMPTY :
 9,957 lbs
WEIGHT LOADED :
 13,500 lbs
WEIGHT MAX :
 18,300 lbs
ARMAMENT :
 8 x .50cal Fixed Machine Gun in Wings
(OPTIONAL) 
 6 x 4.5 in Rockets, Hung Under Wing in 3 Tube Clusters
 
 10 x 5 in Wing Mounted Rockets
 
 150 gal (567 L) Drop Tank
 
 110 gal (416 L) Drop Tank
 
 P-38 - 150 gal (567 L) Drop Tank
 
 75 gal (283 L) Drop Tank
 
 108 gal (408 L) Reinforced Paper Drop Tank
BOMB LOAD :
 2,500 lbs
POWER PLANT :
 One 2,300 hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-59
 
 Double-Wasp Eighteen-cylinder Air-Cooled
 
 Supercharged Radial Engine
CREW :
 1: Pilot
   
PERFORMANCE
LANDING SPEED :
 100 mph
CRUISING SPEED :
 340 mph
MAXIMUM SPEED :
 433 mph @ 30,000 ft
CLIMB RATE :
 20,000 ft. in 9 min
RANGE :
 835 miles Max
SERVICE CEILING :
 42,000 ft
 
 
 
 
 
REFERENCES
  
 

Gunston, Bill. The Illustrated Directory of Fighting Aircraft of World War II, New York: Prentice Hall Press. 1988. ISBN 0-13-450454-2.

Gunston, Bill. JANE'S Fighting Aircraft of World War II, New Jersey: Crescent Books, 1992. ISBN 0-517-67964-7.

Taylor, Michael J.H. JANE'S American Fighting Aircraft of the 20th Century, New York: Mallard Press, 1991. ISBN 0-7924-5627-0.

Wagner, Raymond. American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1982. ISBN 0-385-13120-8.

Angelucci, Enzo. & Bowers, Peter. The American Fighter, New York: Orion Books, 1987. ISBN 0-517-56588-9.

Davis, Larry. P-47 Thunderbolt In Action. Texas: Squadron/Signal Publications, Inc. 1984. ISBN 0-89747-161-X.

  
 
     
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