P-47 Thunderbolt (Combat Legend)
Book Details
Author(s)Jerry Scutts
PublisherThe Crowood Press UK
ISBN / ASIN1840374020
ISBN-139781840374025
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank2,150,258
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
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.










