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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: oakranger on September 15, 2011, 07:37:14 PM
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Who has info on this particular Jug. Far as I know, roughly 300 where produced, but no info on performance.
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P-47G was the designation given to P-47s made by Curtiss.
Made in six (five?) production blocks, with about 350 airframes produced. Performance was roughly analogous to contemporary, Republic manufactured P-47C and early P-47D.
As far as I know, the P-47Gs were kept in the US and relegated to training duties, as they weren't considered suitable for combat.
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As far as I know, the P-47Gs were kept in the US and relegated to training duties, as they weren't considered suitable for combat.
Curtis made them that bad, eh? LOL
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Curtis made them that bad, eh? LOL
Yep. There is one survivor. Ironically it's based at Duxford in England
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From what I have found out from both research, and some set downs with some of the old farts in my area, some of them were sent to Brownsville Texas to assist in the training of the 201st FAEM, at what is the present day Cameron county airport. The 201st FAEM was the Mexican Expiditionary Air Force, and after training they were sent to the Philipines and flew along side one of the, at the time Army Air Corps units. Both units flew the D models where there was a problem with communication, since at the time most of the they flew in integrated flights, the Americans did not know Spanish and the mexicans did not know English. Back to the G model, some were sent to Brownsville to assist training the 201 in air to air gunnery, ground attack, and dive bombing where a some were lost to accidents and to attrition.
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Yep. There is one survivor. Ironically it's based at Duxford in England
why is it ironic?
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why is it ironic?
That it made it overseas
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P47G,
Hmm I think the "G" was for GIGGITY! :x :banana: :cheers:
JUGgler
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Following cancellation of the Army contract for the P-60A in January 1942, the Curtiss-Wright company was given a contract to begin construction of the D-version of the Thunderbolt under license at its Buffalo plant. The Curtiss-Wright built version was designated P-47G.
The first delivery of a P-47G took place in December of 1942. The first 20 P-47Gs produced by Curtiss (P-47G-CU) were similar to the concurrent P-47C, but the remainder were similar to Republic-built P-47Ds. Curtiss produced a total of 354 P-47G-1-CU through P-47G-15-CU Thunderbolts by March of 1944, these planes being identical to Republic-built P-47Ds. They could be distinguished from Republic-built Thunderbolts only by their serial numbers.
Since P-47Gs tended to lag behind Republic-built models as regards the latest refinements, most of the Curtiss-built Thunderbolts were used for training roles in the US, and very few went overseas. Curtiss production of the P-47G ended in March of 1944
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/p47_7.html
oakranger, bookmark this site, http://www.joebaugher.com/uscombataircraft.html
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Following cancellation of the Army contract for the P-60A in January 1942, the Curtiss-Wright company was given a contract to begin construction of the D-version of the Thunderbolt under license at its Buffalo plant. The Curtiss-Wright built version was designated P-47G.
The first delivery of a P-47G took place in December of 1942. The first 20 P-47Gs produced by Curtiss (P-47G-CU) were similar to the concurrent P-47C, but the remainder were similar to Republic-built P-47Ds. Curtiss produced a total of 354 P-47G-1-CU through P-47G-15-CU Thunderbolts by March of 1944, these planes being identical to Republic-built P-47Ds. They could be distinguished from Republic-built Thunderbolts only by their serial numbers.
Since P-47Gs tended to lag behind Republic-built models as regards the latest refinements, most of the Curtiss-built Thunderbolts were used for training roles in the US, and very few went overseas. Curtiss production of the P-47G ended in March of 1944
http://www.joebaugher.com/usaf_fighters/p47_7.html
oakranger, bookmark this site, http://www.joebaugher.com/uscombataircraft.html
Got it, Thanks! :salute
P47G,
Hmm I think the "G" was for GIGGITY! :x :banana: :cheers:
JUGgler
"GIGGITY" indeed.
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Hopefully this is of some help here
http://www.airpages.ru/eng/us/p47g.shtml
P-47 Thunderbolt Specification
Year of production 1942
Crew 1
Dimensions
Wing span, m 12.43
Length, m 11.01
Height, m 4.31
Powerplant
1 PE Pratt&Whitney R-2800-21 Double Wasp, hp 2000
on forcing mode 2300
Weight, kg:
Empty weight 4491
Loaded weight 6123
Maximum takeoff weight 6770
Performance
Maximum speed, km/h 697
Cruising speed, km/h 568
Service ceiling, m 12802
Service range, km 1030
Service range with external fuel tank cap. 757l, km 2012
Armament
8 X 12,7-mm machine guns, one bomb under rear fuselage, kg 227
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P47G,
Hmm I think the "G" was for GIGGITY! :x :banana: :cheers:
JUGgler
Or... Get off the ground, you heavy lump of *#&$&#*# ;) :D