Originally posted by SFRT - Frenchy
No quite, some liked to keep the toothpick as it was giving better performances on the deck, when ground attack missions became the daily bread.
There were 4 different props installed on P-47s from the B model throught the N model.
The photo below shows a P-47B with the standard "toothpick" prop.
The next image shows the Curtiss-Wright narrow-chord paddle blade prop that was introduced with the P-47D-23-RA and was the propeller that was generally used to upgrade earlier P-47s already in the field.
This next P-47D-27-RE sports the Hamilton-Standard paddle prop. Requiring oil pressure to operate and having substantially different rigging and controls than the C-W electric propeller, H-S props were factory installed.
In this photo we see two versions of C-W props, with the upper P-47 having the early narrow-chord paddle type and the bottom Jug having the higher activity asymmetric type that began showing up with P-48D-28-RA.
Some pilots did prefer the earlier narrow-chord C-W paddle propellers, but there were no early "toothpick" props in combat service by July of 1944.
My regards,
Widewing
