Republic P-47D at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Credit: U.S. Air Force Toward the end of the 1998 film "Saving Private Ryan," American soldiers played by actors Matt Damon and ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Nicknamed "Jug," Republic's P-47 Thunderbolt was one of the most famous Army Air Force fighter planes of World War II. Although ...

Key point: These planes can take a punch and dish out a lot of punishment. Here’s how they both served as vital close air support. Everyone loves a Thunderbolt. Today’s A-10 Thunderbolt II, also known ...

Whereas the quick and agile North American P-51 Mustang, the legendary fighter that dominated the skies of World War II, and Lockheed's P-38 did indeed bring the "Lighting," Republic Aviation's P-47 ...

A successful high-altitude bomber and America's leading fighter in the ground-attack role, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt ...

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (nicknamed "Jug") was one of the top US Army Air Forces fighter planes of WWII. It is counted among the warplanes produced in the highest numbers, and it saw excellent ...

Volume 1 (first printing, 1981; 312 pages) produced and designed by Dave Turner & Associates ...; volume 2 produced by Ted Kemp, printed by Taylor Pub. Co. Volume 2 (second printing, c1995; 412 pages) ...

Pilots nicknamed early-model P-47 Thunderbolts the “Razorback,” a reference to the chunky fighter plane’s angular canopy. However, the name was more generally appropriate—like a wild boar, the hulking ...

> "Johnson's Jug", a P-47C flown by World War II ace Lt. Robert S. Johnson, who is credited with 28 victories piloting P-47s.

The two World War II planes soared into the cloudless sky and created twin circles of smoke trails. The P-51 D Mustang and the P-47 Jug fighter planes looked like the real thing, but their wing spans ...