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Over a British airfield, Lieut. Ralph Johnson found he could get only one land-ing wheel of his P47 down; a machine-gun bullet from a German fighter had jammed the other. He went back upstairs to think it over, and Lieut. Colonel Hubert Zemke flew up beside him to see what the trouble was. Their radio conversation, recorded in the field control room...
...battlefield, gunners in U.S. bombers have a new problem of aircraft recognition. On many raids their new fighter escorts are Republic Thunderbolts (P-47s) which have just entered the battle of Europe. And in the swirling confusion of a battle with pursuit planes, the broadnosed, round-bodied P47 can easily be mistaken for the Germans' best fighter: Focke-Wulf's famed...
...newer fighter types, the twin-engined Lockheed P-38 (Lightning) and the single-engined Republic P47 (Thunderbolt), are in production and show great promise as high-altitude pursuit planes. Neither has been adequately tested in battle...
...Republic P47 (Thunderbolt). Powered by one of the largest U.S. air-cooled engines, the P47 has been thoroughly tested, is in service and in production. Its trial by battle...
General Arnold last fortnight pinned his hopes on an untried fighter with an entirely different engine: the air-cooled, 2,000-h.p. Republic P-47. Said Hap Arnold: "The P47 now is in production and ready for delivery to combat theaters. . . . It is believed able to outfly and outfight any other known airplane." But combat will be the only real test...