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  Airplanes - Normandy 1944

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P-47D Thunderbolt #42-76436 du 367th Fighter Squadron - 358th Fighter Group. Pilot : Jacob C. Blazicek.

REPUBLIC P-47 THUNDERBOLT
Type : Single-seat escort fighter and fighter-bomber

Powerplant : One 2,800-hp Pratt & Whitney R-2800-59 radial piston engine

Propeller : Curtis Electric C542S with 13' diameter

Characteristics :
Wingspan: 40 ft 9 5/16 in
Length: 36 ft 1¾ in
Height: 14 ft 8 1/16 in
Empty weight: 9,900 lb
Maximum weight: 17,000 lb

Performance :
Speed: 426 mph @ 30,000 ft
Ceiling: 40,000 ft
Range: 800 miles @ 10,000 ft

Armament :
Eight X .50 calibre machine guns plus up to 2000 lb of bombs or 10 X 5-in rocket projectiles