Author Topic: ID this aircraft (Read 337 times)

Widewing · « **on:** December 29, 2002, 01:58:58 AM »

It's harder than you'd think....

My regards,

Widewing

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #1 on:** December 29, 2002, 02:13:03 AM »

I'll bite, Mr 43-46952 oh oh oh I blasted the 507mph Mark.

Shiva · « **Reply #2 on:** December 29, 2002, 02:42:26 PM »

What, you think an XP-47J is confusing?

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #3 on:** December 29, 2002, 03:22:55 PM »

Maybe Widewing thinks there's something we missed:D

The Xp47J pics I have don't have the colored cowling. But only 1 XP47J was made, this one has 6guns like the J. It's definitly not a XP47H. The others XPs were bubbletops including the XP72 who had the Xp-J look like cowling.

chunder' · « **Reply #4 on:** December 29, 2002, 04:16:02 PM »

P-47D-15-RE (AC42-75859)... P-47J lookalike.

Widewing · « **Reply #5 on:** December 29, 2002, 05:37:43 PM »

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Originally posted by chunder
P-47D-15-RE (AC42-75859)... P-47J lookalike.

A little background...

This photo was passed to Warren Bodie by Ed Boss Jr. of the Cradle of Aviation Museum, which obtained much of Republic's photo archive after Fairchild-Republic went "belly-up".

This aircraft is, as Chunder points out, a modified P-47D-15-RE. It was used as a powerplant testbed for the engine, systems and cowling (with a FW 190 type cooling fan) destined for the XP-47J airframe, which was still being constructed at the time.

However, this was not the first Thunderbolt to be fitted with the high output C series engine. A modified P-47C was fitted with the engine in early 1943, and eventually provided baseline test data later used to develop the P-47M and N.

My regards,

Widewing