World War Photos

French P-47D

British P-47D KL882 MU-H of No. 60 Squadron RAF

1st Air Commando P-47s Asansol November 1944 2

P-47s bound for Eniwetok aboard USS Manila Bay 13th June 1944

P-47 and F4U

P-47G 42-24966, P-40 and Cessna Bamboo Bomber 1943

P-47D test

Assembling P-47 at Sydenham Airport Belfast July 1943

P-47D Y8-Q of the 404th Fighter Group

P-47C 41-6245 VM-A of the 551st Fighter Training Squadron

P-47D 42-8077 of the 348th FG, 340th FS New Guinea 1943

201st Mexican FS P-47D 44-33710 and 42-29088 Clark Field, Summer 1945

Thunderbolt Mk I FL848 code NA-C of No. 146 Squadron RAF

Republic P-47D-2 61

P-47N 44-88467 in flight

Thunderbolts await assembly at Speke Airfield near Liverpool

Ray Stecker Commanding Officer 365th FG by damaged P-47

P-47C serial 41-6306

P-47B “White 5”

Thunderbolt Mk I HD173 of No. 135 Squadron RAF Chittagong

British Thunderbolt Mk II KJ346 2

P-47D named Vivacious Dottie PTO

P-47D 42-75568

P-47D-2 42-8386 in flight

P-47D 42-8660 PE-D “The Flying Draft Dodger” of the 352nd Fighter Group

P-47D 42-8145 “Fiery Ginger” of 342nd FS, 348th FG, 5th AF, New Guinea 1943

P-47 cold starting kit

P-47D 42-8147 “County of Brown South Dakota”

War Weary P-47 LM-S of the of the 56th Fighter Group

Crew loads 500lbs bomb on Thunderbolt of No. 30 Sqn RAF Jumchar India

P-47N on the flight deck of USS Casablanca (CVE-55) 16 July 1945

P-47C 41-6206 of the 495th FTG, 551st FTS England 1943

P-47D 44-32710 “Black 2” of the 1st Air Commando Group China

P-47D 42-75500 Naval Experimental Station PA 2 August 1943

Brazilian P-47D-28 44-19663

P-47D The Flying Falcon 42-28455 of 82nd FS, pilot 1Lt Lawrence W. Nelson Jr

Crashed P-47B 41-5933 #933 of 351st Fighter Squadron April 1943

XP-47N 42-27387 in flight

P-47D color photo

9th AF Flight Chief in Nose of P-47

Lt L.F. Mullins from 1st Air Commando at Asansol, India in 1944

Wreck of P-47D 42-26407 C4-Y “Coffey’s Pot” of 365th FG, 11 July 1944

P-47D 42-26637 “Kokomo” VM-P of the 551st FS. 495th FG

1st Air Commando P-47s Asansol November 1944

XP-47J 43-46953 2

Thunderbolts of No. 30 Squadron RAF Cox’s Bazaar India

353rd FG crew loads 500lbs bomb on P-47 at RAF Metfield 1943

French P-47D 44-20676

Thunderbolt Mk II HD195 in flight, RAF

XP-47H 42-23297 with Chrysler XIV-2220 experimental in-line engine

P-47N 44-88576 and 44-88589

XP-47B prototype 40-3051 at Farmingdale

P-47D 42-75351 #409 of the 318th FG Saipan

Thunderbolt Mk I FL844 at Heston

Thunderbolt “Jungle Queen” GQ-B KL139 of 134 Squadron RAF Burma

P-47N-25 44-89303 NACA

Wild Bill Cummings Commander of 355th Fighter Group

P-47D “Stump Lifter” of the 86th Fighter Group Italy

XP-47K 42-8702

Thunderbolt Mk I FL844 Heston 2

P-47D 42-26820 #72 “Trudie Jeanne” of the 57th Fighter Group 2

XP-47N 42-27387 2

P-47D 43-25512 of the 318th FG 18 July 1944 aboard aircraft carrier

Thunderbolt Mk II KJ299 November 1944

XP-47H in flight

Thunderbolt Mk II KJ299 2

Thunderbolts Mk II of No. 30 Squadron RAF Cox’s Bazaar India 2

P-47 I’ve Had It of the 318th FG

Thunderbolts RS-B KJ140 and RS-G HD265 of No. 30 Squadron RAF

French P-47D 42-75013 and US B-26

British Thunderbolt KJ346

Thunderbolt FL731

Lt Albert Schaffle P-47 43-25324 “Bouncin Bette” of 19th FS 318th FG Saipan

Thunderbolt 42-25123, 2 November 1943

Two seat trainer TP-47G G34

P-47D #52 of 65th Fighter Squadron, 57th Fighter Group 1944

XP-47B 40-3051

P-47G-10CU Thunderbolt 42-25052 J101 of 125th Base Unit, 9 August 1944

Armorers Work on 1st Air Commando P-47 India 1944

P-47 Hoisted from Liberty Ship Enroute to Airfield in England

New Republic P-47D 45-49478

50th Fighter Group, 10th FS P-47 42-27207 T5-A, 1944

65th Fighter Squadron P-47

P-47C 41-6608 of 123rd Base Unit

XP-47H 2

British Thunderbolt Mk II HD298 RS-U of No. 30 Squadron RAF

366th FG P-47s take off from RAF Thruxton for raid on Louvain 1944

P-47 Short Snorter of the 318th FG

XP-47J 43-46952

Thunderbolt Mk II HD265 RS-G of No 30 Squadron RAF India

RAF Thunderbolts assembly line

Thunderbolts on Ie Shima Airstrip 1945

P-47D 42-26637 “Kokomo” VM-P of the 551st FS. 495th FG 2

Thunderbolt of 1st Air Commando take off from Asansol 14 November 1944

P-47D 42-22510 “A Helluva Wreck” of the 342nd FS, 348th FG

XP-47J 43-46953

P-47D 42-26637 “Kokomo” VM-P of the 551st FS. 495th FG 3

56th Fighter Group War Weary P-47C 41-6201 WZ-U

Crewmen loading 500 bomb on P-47 England 1943

P-47 firing rockets 1944

P-47D at Farmingdale Painted with Insignia of 4 Nations 42-26850 42-26781 42-27028

P-47D 42-26428

P-47 and P-40 Ski-tests at Ladd Field 1944

P-47D “Miss Jina” and “Flora Belle” of the 318th FG

Pilot posed by his P-47

P-47D-22 42-26293 of the 56th Fighter Group “Belle of Belmont” 2

French P-47D-30 44-20925 9V-Q of Groupe de Chasse II/5 “Lafayette” with stork emblem below the canopy

P-47D “Sack Happy” of the 318th FG

Thunderbolt 42-25123

Soviet P-47D 42-27062

P-47D 42-75777 ‘Sun Shine’ of 318th FG Saipan 1944

Thunderbolt 44-88705 #674 of the 413th FS, 414th FG Central Field Iwo Jima 7 September 1945

P-47D front view

P-47D 42-26820 #72 “Trudie Jeanne” of the 57th Fighter Group