Republic P-47 Thunderbolt PDF eBook & Aircraft Flight Manuals

General Characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
• Wingspan: 40 ft 9 in (12.42 m)
• Height: 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
• Wing area: 300 ft2 (27.87 m2)
• Empty weight: 10,000 lb (4,535 kg)
• Loaded weight: 12,731 lb (5,774.48 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 17,500 lb (7,938 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-59B twin-row radial engine, 2,600 hp (1,938 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 443 mph at 29,000 ft (713 km/h at 8,839 m)
• Range: 800 mi combat, 1,800 mi ferry (1,290 km / 2,900 km)
• Service ceiling: 43,000 ft (13,100 m)
• Rate of climb: 3,180 ft/min (16.15 m/s)
• Wing loading: 42.43 lb/ft2 ()
• Power/mass: 0.204 hp/lb (335 W/kg)

Armament

• 8 × .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns (3400 rounds)
• Up to 2,500 lb (1,134 kg) of bombs
• 10 × 5 in (127 mm) unguided rockets

 

 

Australia

Under restoration

P-47D

• 42-8066 – Historical Aircraft Restoration Society in Sydney.
• 42-8310 – Historical Aircraft Restoration Society in Sydney.
• 42-27608 – Historical Aircraft Restoration Society in Sydney.

Brazil

On display

P-47D

• 42-19663 – Museu Aeroespacial in Rio de Janeiro. Wartime “A6”. Painted as 42-19662 “D5”.
• 42-26760 – Museu TAM in Sao Carlos. Wartime “B2”. Painted as 42-29265 “B5”.
• 45-49151 – Museu Aeroespacial in Rio de Janeiro. Painted as 42-26766 “B4”.
• 45-49485 – Museu do Expedicionário in Curitiba. Painted as 42-26756 “A4”.

Chile

On display

P-47D

• 45-49219 – Museo Nacional de Aeronautica Chile in Santiago. Painted as FACH N° 750.

Croatia

On display

P-47D

• 13109 (ex-Yugoslav AF) – Technical Museum, Zagreb.

France

On display

P-47D

• 44-20371 – Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace north of Paris.

Germany

On display

P-47D

• 42-7924 – Motortechnica Museum.

Italy

On display

P-47D

• 44-89746 – Italian Air Force Museum in Bracciano.

Mexico

On display

P-47D

• 44-90205 – Museo de la FAM.

Serbia

On display

P-47D

• 44-90464 (ex-Yugoslav AF 13056) – Museum of Aviation, Belgrade.

Turkey

On display

P-47D

• 44-33712 – Istanbul Aviation Museum

United Kingdom

P-47D

• 42-26671 – Imperial War Museum Duxford.
• 45-49295 – Royal Air Force Museum London.

United States

Airworthy

P-47D

• 44-32817 Balls Out – Lewis Air Legends in San Antonio, Texas.
• 44-90368 Tarheel Hal – Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, Texas.

• 44-90438 Wicked Wabbit – Aviation Management Resources Inc. in Wilmington, Delaware.
• 44-90447 Jackys Revenge – American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale, New York.
• 44-90460 Hun Hunter XVI – Tennessee Museum of Aviation in Sevierville, Tennessee.
• 44-90471 (unnamed) – Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, Oregon.
• 45-49192 No Guts No Glory – Claire Aviation Inc in Wilmington, Delaware.
• 45-49205 Squirt VIII – Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California.
• 45-49346 (unnamed) – Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California.
• 45-49385 (unnamed) – Westpac Restorations in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
• 45-49406 Tallahassee Lassie – Flying Heritage Collection in Everett, Washington.

P-47G

• 42-25068 Snafu – Comanche Warbirds Inc. in Houston, Texas.
• 42-25254 Spirit Of Atlantic City, NJ – Planes of Fame in Chino, California.

YP-47M

• 42-27385 (unnamed) – Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California.

P-47N

• 44-89136 Lil Meatie’s Meat Chopper – Commemorative Air Force in Midland, Texas. It is based at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas.

On display

P-47D

• 42-8205 Big Stud/88 – Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington.
• 42-23278 Fiery Ginger IV – National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio.
• 42-26470 – Pylon-mounted in front of Headquarters, USAFCENT/ 9th Air Force, Shaw AFB, South Carolina.
• 44-32691 (unnamed) – Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia.
• 44-32798 (unnamed) – Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill AFB in Utah.
• 45-49167 Five by Five – National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio.
• 45-49181 (unnamed) – Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
• 45-49458 Norma – New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. It is on loan from the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.

P-47N

• 44-89320 Expected Goose – Air Force Armament Museum at Eglin AFB, Florida.
• 44-89348 (unnamed) – Lackland AFB, Texas.
• 44-89425 Wild Hair – Peterson Air and Space Museum at Peterson AFB, Colorado.
• 44-89444 Cheek Baby – Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, New York. It is on loan from the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.

Under restoration or in storage

P-47D

• 42-08130 (unnamed) – for static display at the Pima Air and Space Museum adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona.
• 42-29150 Dottie Mae – to airworthiness by Allied Fighters in Sun Valley, Idaho.
• 44-32814 (unnamed) – in storage at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida.
• 45-49130 (unnamed) – in storage at the Tennessee Museum of Aviation in Sevierville, Tennessee.

Venezuela

On display

P-47D

• 44-32809 – Aeronautics Museum of Maracay.