The pugnacious lines of this stocky fighter show its strength and ruggedness. It was first deployed as a long-range escort fighter, protecting the massed fleets of B-17 and B-24 bombers attacking targets in Europe. As the war progressed P-47s were increasingly used for ground-attack and by the end of the war they had accounted for 6,000 tanks, 9,000 locomotives, 86,000 rail wagons and 68,000 trucks. Add 3,916 enemy aircraft destroyed and the result makes it one of the most effective fighters of World War II.
- ISBN10 1853108219
- ISBN13 9781853108211
- Publish Date April 1998
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 20 October 2011
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Airlife Publishing Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English