Written off as too clumsy for combat, the P-47 Thunderbolt made one of the most dramatic comebacks in aviation history, ...

This is the story of the P 47 Thunderbolt's staggering impact and a poignant ending. We follow "Dottie May," a famous Evansville built P 47, on her 90+ missions to her tragic fate: becoming the very ...

Whereas the quick and agile North American P-51 Mustang, the legendary fighter that dominated the skies of World War II, and Lockheed's P-38 did indeed bring the "Lighting," Republic Aviation's P-47 ...

In the hierarchy of American fighter planes during World War II, the top will be forever populated by the P-51 Mustang and not much of anything else. The Mustang may get all the glory, but if you were ...

Cottrell ended the war with sixty-five combat missions under his belt in his trusty P-47. As The National Interest has recently reported, World War II fighter pilots (not to mention WWII veterans in ...