https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/pos ... ing-pilot/
Good afternoon all,
Yesterday, a P 47 Thunderbolt crashed in the Hudson River. This is between Manhattan, New York City and New Jersey.
The above linked article offers a few historical points re the P47 eg largest production.
The pilot was lost to the crash.
~ Bob
Other Aspects; P47 crashed yesterday
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Re: Other Aspects; P47 crashed yesterday
1/8/1942, U.S. Ready to Begin Mass Production of P-47 Fighter Planes, Gov't Wants Auto-Production Shutdown by Feb.
5/17/1942, New U.S.-Made P-47s & Other Warplanes Vital to Australia
8/18/1942, Gen. Arnold Asserts P-47 Guns Generate Impact Force of 5-Ton Lorry Hitting Brick Wall at 60mph
5/12/1943; U.S. P-47 Fighters Now Operating from Britain, Eight 5-Inch MGs
6/5/1943, P-47 Thunderbolt Approaches Speed of Sound During Dive Tests
6/5/1943, Thunderbolt Fighter-Bombers Now Delivering 2,000-lb Bombs in Med. Theater
11/14/1943, U.S. Bombers Escorted by P-47s & Lightnings Raid German Port at Breman, 15 Heavies & 9 Fighters Missing
5/11/1944, Thunderbolt Fighter-Bombers Suppress German A.A. in All-Out Air Assault on Calais Area
5/12/1944, Over 800 Mustangs, Thunderbolts, & Lightnings Cross Channel in 18 Waves for Offensive Sweeps in N. France
6/3/1944, Fleets of Thunderbolt, Lightning, & Mustang Fighter-Bombers Swarm from England Across Western Europe
Photo, P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter-Bomber Undergoing Maintenance, Daily Mail, U.K.
6/10/1944; Fighter Pilot Lingo; Airmen's Jargon Sounds Like Jive Talk, but It Isn't
9/29/1944, Longer-Range Thunderbolt Fighter Planes Introduced for Pacific Action
4/18/1985, Ex-WWII P-47 Pilot Says He Was Not Allowed to Strafe N. Viet Troop Concentrations During Vietnam War
Globalization41.
5/17/1942, New U.S.-Made P-47s & Other Warplanes Vital to Australia
8/18/1942, Gen. Arnold Asserts P-47 Guns Generate Impact Force of 5-Ton Lorry Hitting Brick Wall at 60mph
5/12/1943; U.S. P-47 Fighters Now Operating from Britain, Eight 5-Inch MGs
6/5/1943, P-47 Thunderbolt Approaches Speed of Sound During Dive Tests
6/5/1943, Thunderbolt Fighter-Bombers Now Delivering 2,000-lb Bombs in Med. Theater
11/14/1943, U.S. Bombers Escorted by P-47s & Lightnings Raid German Port at Breman, 15 Heavies & 9 Fighters Missing
5/11/1944, Thunderbolt Fighter-Bombers Suppress German A.A. in All-Out Air Assault on Calais Area
5/12/1944, Over 800 Mustangs, Thunderbolts, & Lightnings Cross Channel in 18 Waves for Offensive Sweeps in N. France
6/3/1944, Fleets of Thunderbolt, Lightning, & Mustang Fighter-Bombers Swarm from England Across Western Europe
Photo, P-47 Thunderbolt Fighter-Bomber Undergoing Maintenance, Daily Mail, U.K.
6/10/1944; Fighter Pilot Lingo; Airmen's Jargon Sounds Like Jive Talk, but It Isn't
9/29/1944, Longer-Range Thunderbolt Fighter Planes Introduced for Pacific Action
4/18/1985, Ex-WWII P-47 Pilot Says He Was Not Allowed to Strafe N. Viet Troop Concentrations During Vietnam War
Globalization41.