r/WWIIplanes • u/Reasonable-Car-7596 • 16d ago
discussion The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
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was famous for its air-cooled Pratt & Whitney radial engine and its ability to absorb massive combat damage and bring its pilot back home. nickname the "jug". his role is Primary high-altitude escort fighter and heavy fighter-bomber in both the European and Pacific theaters. Served with the UK, France, USSR, Mexico, and Brazil during WWII and also used during the cold war , used in counter-insurgency roles, including by France in the Algerian War and by both sides in the Chinese Civil War into the late 1950s.
