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I get sad when I see the low view count. Newer generations are more interested in taking their own picture rather than take a look at this beauty. We have a local air show where I heard this plane and a p-51 soar very close above while I sat on a mountain all by myself, watching the show below. Those sounds made me cry.
Hello I love the story. My uncle flew the P47D in ETO with the 9th AAF 371st FG 406th Squadron. He was KIA 19 March 1945. He had died 8 years before I was born. My family unfortunately knew little about his service. Back in the late 80s and throughout the 90s and into the 2000s. I searched to find the truth about his service and to make a long story short after years of research I found 3 of his friends. One being the flight leader of the mission that he was KIA and the 2 other men very close friends and one consider himself his best friend having trained together and shipped out together. I was EXTREMELY lucky to have met 2 of these men in person and one by phone. I was able to visit with his best friend many times and became close. He past away Oct 2019. All of these men are all gone now. I think of them often.
I loved his old stories, what a legend. He was going to have trouble flighing at altitude and got into P47's just in time to be a ground attacker. Mad lad.
@@murdock8068 technically both are extremely different but very similar. The latter is literally built around 30mm Gatling gun, the former is built around a super/turbocharged radial with 8 .50s. Both seam to work extremely well, hence the names. 🍻
@@murdock8068 the radial engine is extremely durable! heck, you can still remain airborne with half of the cylinders functioning! The p-47 is a absolute beast and a nightmare!
She’s a glorious bird, my very first scale model I built as a kid was razorback! She’s slow to get to the fight but once she was at altitude, she would come down above you like a bolt of lightning followed by a whole lot of thunder! I’m still a jug head 🍻
For another great jug story, check out “a fighter pilots story” on pbs Minnesota. Quentin C Aanenson is our local legend p-47 pilot and has a airfield named after him in luverne,MN 🍻
My uncle navigated his B17 and in his basement next to the pool table hung a B17 and a P47 right beside it. Many years it hung there. Also had a mission map in the den.
That's a dubious claim that the P-47 was the most heavily armed fighter aside from the P-61. The Mossie had four 20mm and four .303 MGs. The Bristol Beaufighter had four 20mm and six .303s. That aside, this is a gorgeous resto of a razorback Thunderbolt.
If Republic was funded by Congress during world war 2 later in the war between 1944 -45, the fuel system and Hamilton propeller could have been modified for long distance escort raids into Germany without having to turn around and go back to England leaving the B-17 crews volunerable. It was the first fighter to shoot down tge Me-262 jet in Ariel combat. The upgrade could have kept active during Vietnam replacing the Sky raider. 🇺🇸
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I get sad when I see the low view count. Newer generations are more interested in taking their own picture rather than take a look at this beauty. We have a local air show where I heard this plane and a p-51 soar very close above while I sat on a mountain all by myself, watching the show below. Those sounds made me cry.
Hello I love the story. My uncle flew the P47D in ETO with the 9th AAF 371st FG 406th Squadron. He was KIA 19 March 1945. He had died 8 years before I was born. My family unfortunately knew little about his service. Back in the late 80s and throughout the 90s and into the 2000s. I searched to find the truth about his service and to make a long story short after years of research I found 3 of his friends. One being the flight leader of the mission that he was KIA and the 2 other men very close friends and one consider himself his best friend having trained together and shipped out together. I was EXTREMELY lucky to have met 2 of these men in person and one by phone. I was able to visit with his best friend many times and became close. He past away Oct 2019. All of these men are all gone now. I think of them often.
That’s extremely awesome!
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I loved his old stories, what a legend. He was going to have trouble flighing at altitude and got into P47's just in time to be a ground attacker. Mad lad.
The absolute best fighter (in my humble opinion) airframe ever designed with the A10 being 2nd and its modern sibling..
One was definitely developed around the gun..
@@DSToNe19and83 I understand what you're getting at.. what other plane can you take half a wing. One engine. Half a tail feather and still fly?
@@murdock8068 technically both are extremely different but very similar. The latter is literally built around 30mm Gatling gun, the former is built around a super/turbocharged radial with 8 .50s. Both seam to work extremely well, hence the names.
🍻
@@murdock8068 the radial engine is extremely durable! heck, you can still remain airborne with half of the cylinders functioning!
The p-47 is a absolute beast and a nightmare!
The most underrated fighter of the war. Supercharged a flying tank.
finally something good to watch on youtube ! thank you
She’s a glorious bird, my very first scale model I built as a kid was razorback! She’s slow to get to the fight but once she was at altitude, she would come down above you like a bolt of lightning followed by a whole lot of thunder!
I’m still a jug head
🍻
Thats MAGNIFICENT.
For another great jug story, check out “a fighter pilots story” on pbs Minnesota. Quentin C Aanenson is our local legend p-47 pilot and has a airfield named after him in luverne,MN
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My uncle navigated his B17 and in his basement next to the pool table hung a B17 and a P47 right beside it. Many years it hung there. Also had a mission map in the den.
First thanks! Fantastic video and plane!
That's a dubious claim that the P-47 was the most heavily armed fighter aside from the P-61. The Mossie had four 20mm and four .303 MGs. The Bristol Beaufighter had four 20mm and six .303s.
That aside, this is a gorgeous resto of a razorback Thunderbolt.
I dont know of anything that sounds better than an R2800 at idle.
If Republic was funded by Congress during world war 2 later in the war between 1944 -45, the fuel system and Hamilton propeller could have been modified for long distance escort raids into Germany without having to turn around and go back to England leaving the B-17 crews volunerable. It was the first fighter to shoot down tge Me-262 jet in Ariel combat.
The upgrade could have kept active during Vietnam replacing the Sky raider. 🇺🇸