The way it were … flying the “Jug” during WWII
The P-47 Thunderbolt was certainly one of the most rugged fighter aircraft of WW II.
It’s massive supercharged 2,000 H.P. radial engines gave it a speed and diving ability that outmatched anything the enemy had.
If you ever got in trouble flying a ‘Jug’all you had to do was dive away from anything chasing you.
At the point where the bullets from its six 50mm machine guns converged it could easily blow a hole in the side of any train, ship or tank.
It was one of the few WW II fighters with a range long enough so that it could escort allied B-17’s and B-24’s all the way to targets into deepest Germany.
This is a rare color film of actual P-47 combat missions during that war.
Incidentally, when the check list calls out “one, two, three”, that was to count the number of blades that turn so you were sure not to have a hydraulic lock in one of the bottom radial engine cylinders … which would blow the cylinder off the engine if you turned the ignition on and started the engine before checking to be sure.
I hope this video gave you a little insight into ‘the way is was’flying this magnificent fighter into combat.
I know it did that for me.
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