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During World War II many P-47 pilots were lost in accidents while learning to fly the mighty Jug, here's why - The Aviation Geek Club
Commemorative Air Force - Now here's something you don't see everyday: P-47 Thunderbolts being catapulted off a carrier! It was #OTD in 1944 that the escort carriers USS Manilla Bay and USS
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Welcome To the U.S.A.A.F. Resource Center - Republic P-47 Thunderbolt - A Warbirds Resource Group Site
![Photo] P-47D Thunderbolt of the 318th Fighter Group being ferried to Saipan on Escort Carrier USS Manila Bay is launched instead to avoid an aerial attack by four D3A Aichi “Val” dive Photo] P-47D Thunderbolt of the 318th Fighter Group being ferried to Saipan on Escort Carrier USS Manila Bay is launched instead to avoid an aerial attack by four D3A Aichi “Val” dive](https://ww2db.com/images/5ceb7e6a88828.jpg)