Affectionately known as the 'Jug' by its jockeys, it could absorb a tremendous amount of punishment and still fly home. One of its claims to fame was found out when engaging German Me109's who would roll inverted and dive away in a dogfight when things didnt go quite to plan. At just under seven tons in weight with a monsterous radial in front that didnt cut when rolled, nothing, but nothing outdived a Jug when its pilot fire-walled the loud lever and pointed it downhill.
Here are some images of P47's in the Far East from my collection of aerial imagery. Image No.3 shows a wide range of aircraft types
Do you have any pics of P-47s showing battle/collision damage ? Have found a few of the '47 in England and Italy having taken some hard knocks, but none from the Far East - thus far. TIA, BC1
Surely some rare photos, mfg? Kyt will be very keen to see these as am I! How did these get into your collection?
Andy, There from a roll of imagery that was given to me about 10 years ago, it was only last year that I got some frames scanned. The three images are enlargement from the full frame.
Great pictures indeed.Though a late comer to the Far East/Burma it showed itself to be a very competent aircraft. BC1, I shall have a look in my books and let you know. BTW I haven't forgotten about the Dak picture - just haven't found any details yet.
Sorry not a great deal, it looks like the cameras were only used over the airfield. I will resize some of the images and post them.
Look like Bedford QL refuelers in the third pic at top left. Note the relative size of the Jugs in the third pic to the Spits and the Beau in particular.
