Word: thunderbolts
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...principal conferees are four: shrewd, jug-eared Sir Arthur Tedder, dried-up, taciturn Carl ("Tooey") Spaatz, wiry, ebullient Jimmy Doolittle and handsome Arthur ("Mary'') Coningham. They are a quartet of British and U.S. airmen who have one plan: to let loose a thunderbolt on the enemy...
...counting its eggs before they have hatched into fighting cocks, no nation has more sinned than the U.S. For more than two years it has bragged to itself about Republic's Thunderbolt fighter, which it has yet to see in action. For more than three years it bragged about Vought's high-powered Corsair. It had to wait until last week to hear that the Corsair was finally in action...
...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...
...idea. It was suggested for Kaiser Bill during World War I, and according to legend it proved a great hit in 1402 A.D. when Tamerlane took caged Sultan Bayezid I (sometimes known as The Thunderbolt) on a road tour through what is now Turkey...