In 1974, aircraft designer Alexander Kartveli died at the age of 77. Among the plane he designed was the P-47 Thunderbolt; in their obituary for Kartveli, The New York Times succinctly explained the P ...

Written off as too clumsy for combat, the P-47 Thunderbolt made one of the most dramatic comebacks in aviation history, becoming a ground-attack monster that shredded German and Japanese forces.

As a follow-up to our previous articles about the Curtiss-built P-47G Thunderbolt (which you can find HERE and HERE), we at Vintage Aviation News are pleased to report that on September 13, P-47G ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The P-47 Thunderbolt “Tarheel Hal” which returned to Evansville in October, has been renamed “Hoosier Spirit II" and might be designated as the official state aircraft of Indiana.

Here’s What You Need to Know: The juiced-up engines of the P-47Ms were plagued by serious technical problems. Pilots nicknamed early-model P-47 Thunderbolts the “Razorback,” a reference to the chunky ...

Pilots nicknamed early-model P-47 Thunderbolts the “Razorback,” a reference to the chunky fighter plane’s angular canopy. However, the name was more generally appropriate—like a wild boar, the hulking ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Nicknamed "Jug," Republic's P-47 Thunderbolt was one of the most famous Army Air Force fighter planes of World War II. Although ...

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — The arrival of the world-famous P-47 Thunderbolt, Tarheel Hal, to Evansville has been delayed. David Arthur, with the Evansville P-47 foundation, confirmed the delay citing weather.

Air show pilots performed an aerial salute Saturday to their comrade who died after his World War II-era plane crashed in the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey a day earlier. Advertisement ...

The FHC’s Republic P-47 Thunderbolt has two types of victory markings on its side. For some of the “ground-pounding” units in the 9th Air Force, destroying enemy aircraft on the ground was nearly as ...

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