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Happy Birthday To The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.- Seventy-three years ago today, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt took flight for the first time, It was May 6, 1941.

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What an awesome aircraft. 73 years young. :drink3:

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"Achtung Thunderbolts Kommen" is likely the last radio call heard by many German fighter pilots, before they were blown away by a diving Jug. IMO the P-47 was the best high-altitude fighter of the war, and backed that up by being one of the best - if not the very best - fighter-bombers of the war. With all due respect to P-51 fans, the Jug was a better aircraft for the Korean War and it is unfortunate that it couldn't be made available for that conflict. A truly great aircraft.

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