P 47 Thunderbolt: Things You Might Not Know And Assembling One! Rare Upscaled Footage
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- čas přidán 13. 02. 2024
- P 47 Thunderbolt: things you might not know narrated by Eric "Winkle" Brown and uncrating and assembling the aircraft. A rare upscaled video
The Republic P 47 Thunderbolt is a World War II-era fighter aircraft produced by the American aerospace company Republic Aviation from 1941 through 1945. Its primary armament was eight .50-caliber machine guns, and in the fighter-bomber ground-attack role it could carry 5-inch rockets or a bomb load of 2,500 lb (1,100 kg). When fully loaded, the P-47 weighed up to 8 tons, making it one of the heaviest fighters of the war.
The Thunderbolt was effective as a short-to-medium-range escort fighter in high-altitude air-to-air combat and ground attack in both the European and Pacific theaters. The P-47 was designed around the powerful Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp 18-cylinder radial engine, which also powered two U.S. Navy/U.S. Marine Corps fighters, the Grumman F6F Hellcat and the Vought F4U Corsair. An advanced turbosupercharger system ensured the aircraft's eventual dominance at high altitudes, while also influencing its size and design.
The P-47 was one of the main United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) fighters of World War II, and also served with other Allied air forces, including those of France, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union. Mexican and Brazilian squadrons fighting alongside the USAAF also flew the P-47.
The armored cockpit was relatively roomy and comfortable and the bubble canopy introduced on the P-47D offered good visibility. Nicknamed the "Jug" owing to its appearance if stood on its nose, the P-47 was noted for its firepower, as well as its ability to resist battle damage and remain airworthy. A present-day U.S. ground-attack aircraft, the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II, takes its name from the P-47.
By the end of 1942, P-47Cs were sent to England for combat operations. The initial Thunderbolt Flyers, 56th Fighter Group, was sent overseas to join the 8th Air Force. As the P-47 Thunderbolt worked up to operational status, it gained a nickname: "Jug" (because its profile was similar to that of a common milk jug of the time). Two fighter groups (FGs) already stationed in England began introducing the Jugs in January 1943 - the Spitfire-flying 4th Fighter Group, a unit built around a core of experienced American pilots who had flown in the RAF Eagle Squadrons prior to the US entry in the war; and the 78th Fighter Group, formerly flying P-38 Lightnings.
P-47 pilot Lt Col Francis S. "Gabby" Gabreski, 56th Fighter Group, the leading ace of the 8th Air Force
Beginning in January 1943, Thunderbolt fighters were sent to the joint Army Air Forces - civilian Millville Airport in Millville, New Jersey, to train civilian and military pilots.
The first P-47 combat mission took place 10 March 1943 when the 4th FG took their aircraft on a fighter sweep over France. The mission was a failure due to radio malfunctions. All P-47s were refitted with British radios, and missions resumed 8 April. The first P-47 air combat took place 15 April with Major Don Blakeslee of the 4th FG scoring the Thunderbolt's first air victory (against a Focke-Wulf Fw 190).
General characteristics
* Crew: 1
* Length: 36 ft 1.75 in (11.0173 m)
* Wingspan: 40 ft 9+5⁄16 in (12.429 m)
* Height: 14 ft 8+1⁄16 in (4.472 m)
* Airfoil: Seversky S-3
* Empty weight: 10,000 lb (4,536 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 17,500 lb (7,938 kg)
* Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800-59 18-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 2,000 hp (1,500 kW)
* Propellers: 4-bladed Curtiss Electric C542S constant-speed propeller, 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m) diameter
Performance
* Maximum speed: 426 mph (686 km/h, 370 kn) at 30,000 ft (9,100 m)
* Range: 1,030 mi (1,660 km, 900 nmi)
* Service ceiling: 42,000 ft (13,000 m)
Armament
* Eight .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning machine guns (3400 rounds)
* Up to 2,500 lb (1,100 kg) of bombs
* Ten 5 in (127 mm) HVAR unguided rockets
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Captain Brown certainly earns respect as a premiere test pilot-likely in the top 5 of any list. However, his comment that the P-47 could not fight at high altitude I have an issue with. Too bad he didn't speak with Colonel Francis Gabreski or LTC Robert S. Johnson-both high scoring aces in the Thunderbolt. I suppose if your skill in a fight is turning and climbing, you're not going to like the P-47. Learn what your aircraft can do well and don't fight the opponent's game just as with any weapon. Test flight has its own set of problems to deal with, while I imagine air to air combat has significant issues too.
He's talking about compressibility, which was a problem for both the 38 and the 47. They would both lock up if you got into a dive faster than mach .78. While a Spit could dive at mach .91. All accidental because no one understood it at the time. But German fighters could just dive away from 47s.
The 47 arguably won the air war. That doesn't mean it was a better plane, and that the 8th were wrong in moving over to the 51 to replace it.
Winkle fought Bf/Me 109s, he saw many comrades killed. He knows more than we do.
It seems there are two factions, one that worships him, and one of detractors.
Calling his biased is none other than a biased comment itself.
Just listen to his interviews about German aircraft. They are full of praises, and also full of critiques.
He certainly showed less love for his American cousins, perhaps being more biased, but I also think he did not appreciate, as an aviator, certain things the British government agreed to (rightfully repaying the U.S. for all the help offered during the war).
@@Dronescapes He travelled in pre-war Germany and learned the language. Udet was a friend. He did it all.
@@Dronescapes We all have biases, even the experts. I think that the truth is likely somewhere between the two factions you describe. It's one thing for a keyboard jockey to dismiss him outright as biased. However, it's entirely different to disagree with his claims if they are backed up by evidence and people with relevant expertise. I'm a scientist by training and one of the most important lessons is that many experts who are equally brilliant and qualified can disagree on important issues. This even occurs for topics with a multitude of experiments and decades of research. In contrast, aerial warfare is far more subjective and no single person can know everything. I'm a big fan of Brown and am in gratitude to all of the pilots who defended us from tyranny. Nonetheless, I think we can respectfully disagree with some of his claims, provided we back this up with evidence.
Finally, i can get those crates off my trailers.
Absolute favorite airplane ever along with its son the A10 Thunderbolt ii! Gonna take a while but I will finish this video!
Is that an M in the thumbnail? Love the code “FUN” lol
Yes it’s a M model . The 56th Fighter Group were the only users of the M model out of RAF Boxted . They had a few issues to start with mainly because it was discovered that the engines hadn’t been properly protected before the aircraft were shipped to the U.K.
The crated Subject of this video, P-47C S.N. 41-6067 was written off for unknown reasons 5 February 1943 in Brookhaven, NY. Unlike 15,000+ other Jugs - this Bird never left the nest. "If one got tired of flying, you could always go for a walk around the Stick" lol
Of course he'd say the Spitfire was better. I'll take the P-47 any day of the week over the Spit!
Depends where…if it was mainland Europe p47 but spitfire if had to take off from England and stay there. P47 must be found short at climbing
I feel like this man might have flown both....so (in regards to the areas he was critical) I'll take his word lol.
He was certainly qualified to speak about these aircraft and knew more than any of us keyboard pilots know. However, I still wouldn't treat any single person's opinion as gospel. We should ask if his opinions represented a consensus or if other experts had different views.
The Spitfire was much stronger and considerably heavier than the German Me 109. The huge P-47 was the end of an escalating series of related Seversky/Republic fighters each getting increasingly bigger and heavier. There wasn’t all that much the USAAF could do to keep the enormous weight down, all the American high altitude Allison V-12 single engine fighters were bad failures so they had to use the really oversized P&W R-2800 engine. The U.S. Navy very successfully used the same engine with much lighter multi-stage multi-speed mechanical superchargers instead of the Airforces’ turbo-supercharger choice.
Winkle was wrong about the P-47 wing, it was just as thin and sophisticated.
Eric Brown flew almost 500 different aircraft, NOT including variants!
He was definitely the most experienced test pilot that ever lived, and probably for the rest of history
Keep your eyes on the skies as i should be airborne in an hour or two :) and to think most men in 2024 would struggle assembling a flat pack bookshelf from Ikea lol
Remember reading where in the North African Campaign they (the USAAF) were farming out the assembly to the locals and all the headaches THAT created.
Wrinkle can't stop talking about the spitfire typical Britain thinking they done it all. They done nothing like France and Poland America saved them with the P47 it's performance saved Britain they were surely lost when Churchill begged Roosevelt to save them. 😊