Republic P-47 Survivors

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P-47D-30RA 45-49192No Guts No Glory!Claire Aviation
P-47D-30RA 45-49192
No Guts No Glory!
Claire Aviation

Republic P-47 Survivors highlights the history of many well known flying and static displayed P-47 Thunderbolts in the United States. A list is also provided of other P-47s on display around the world; including location, model and serial numbers, brief history, nicknames/markings, and conditions.


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[edit] Background


In the fall of 1945, after 15,686 P-47’s were produced, the last Thunderbolt was accepted by the USAAF from the Republic Aviations, Evansville factory.

While the majority of the earlier versions and war weary aircraft would quickly be relegated to scrap, most of the last production blocks would continue in service with the post war USAAF and the new USAF. For the next 5 years, these aircraft would continue as a front line fighter with the active airforce. It would also serve for over 10 years with a preponderance of the National Guard fighter units east of the Mississippi River.

The P-47 would also be the foundation stock for rebuilding a majority of the European post World War 2 airforce’s. Unlike the P-51, this aircraft was easily maintained and more forgiving of pilot mistakes (due to its more robust construction). Like the USAF these aircraft only started to retire as the second generation jets became readily available. In the early 1950 as the now renamed F-47 was being retired from active USAF service these aircraft were through various Military Assistance Programs (MAPS) offered to numerous South American countries. For the next 15 years, the P-47 would continue as a front line fighter with these nations.

Unlike many of its contemporary WWII fighters, the P-47 was not a sought after aircraft on the post war civilian marketplace. It did not have the sleek lines needed for an executive aircraft or racing. For the 22 years, except for 2 razorback versions, the P-47 would progressively diminish from the United States skies. It was only in 1968 with the retirement of the Peruvian Air Force's P-47 and the successful importation of 6 aircraft would the population of these aircraft begin to grow. During the late 1970’s and early 1980 more airframes would be returned from numerous South American countries for restoration and display. In the late 1980’s aircraft from Yugoslavia were also rediscovered and imported. The current batches of P-47s to return to the restored are those long forgotten wartime crash sites.

While the P-47 will never approach the number of P-51s on the civil registry, it has come a long way from the near extinction in the early 1960’s.

[edit] Individual histories

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[edit] P-47 Survivors


Each line describes one remaining complete or partial airframe. Each line is broken down into several sections:

Aircraft number History Markings Holder Location Condition
* P-47D-40RA 44-90460
(N9246B)		 ex-Brazilian AF 4175 40 Hun Hunter IV Tennessee Air Museum Sevierville, TN (A)
  • Aircraft Number describes the type of aircraft and model P-47D-40RA, its s/n 44-90460
    and current registration (N9246B).
  • History indicates the military history (oldest to newest):
ex-Brazilian AF 4175.
  • Markings deals with current markings, codes first then name: " 40 Hun Hunter IV "
  • Holder is current owner or museum: Tennessee Air Museum
  • Location deals with either location where it might be seen or owner's address: Sevierville, TN
  • Condition:
(D) = Display
(A) = Airworthy
(S) = Stored
(R) = Under restoration
(W) = Wreck
  • If Latitude & Longitude points are given, aircraft is on permanent outside display and can be seen using Google maps.

[edit] P-47B RE Republic-Farmingdale

  • P-47B-RE c/n 41-5920, ex-56th FG "32", ex-348th FG / 340th FS Bradley Field AAF (Pilot: 2nd Lt Wesley A. Murphey Jr.) - crashed 05 January 1944 Green Swamp/NC, Randy Ferris, Bensenville, IL (R) [1]

[edit] P-47D RE Republic-Farmingdale

  • P-47D-1RE c/n 64 42-7924, ex-8th AF / 4th FG / 334th FS "QP*F Mike III" (Pilot: Maj. Winslow M.Sobanski) - crashed: 3 November 1943 - Ijsselmeer/Den Oever - Neatherlands, " QP*F ", Motortechnica Museum, Bad Oeynhausen, Germany (W) [2] [3]
  • P-47D-2RE c/n 206 42-8066, ex-5th AF / 460th FG / 340th FS "Sweetwater Swatter" (Pilot: 1st Lt William O. Carter Jr) - crashed 1 October 1943 - Waigani Swamp / Port Moresby, Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, Illawarra Regional Airport, Sydney, Australia (R) [4][5]
  • P-47D-2RE c/n 214 42-8074 , ex-5th AF / 348th GF / 341th FS (Pilot: James L. Rowe) – crashed: 28 September 1943 (Nadzab #3 – PNG), Westpac Restorations, Rialto, CA (R )
  • P-47D-11RE 42-75284, ex-5th AF, abandoned Finschafen, Westpac Restorations, Rialto, CA (R)
P-47D-25RE 42-26757 Museu do Expedicionário
P-47D-25RE 42-26757
Museu do Expedicionário
  • P-47D-25RE c/n ?? 42-26757, ex-Brazilian AF 4107 - accepted: 28 October 1944, ex-12th AF / 350th FG / 1° GAvCa "A5", " C5 ", Base Aerea de Santa Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (D)
  • P-47D-25RE c/n ?? 42-26760, ex-Brazilian AF 4109 - accepted: 28 October 1944, ex-12th AF / 350th FG / 1° GAvCa "D3" (Pilot: Leon R.A. Lara), " B5 ", Museu TAM, Asas de um Sonho, São Carlos, Brazil (D) [9]
  • P-47D-25RE c/n ?? 42-26762, ex-Brazilian AF 4110 accepted: 19 January 1945, ex-12th Af / 350th FG / 1° GAvCa "C1" (Pilot: Capt. Fortunato Camara de Oliveira), ex-2° GAvCa, " A4 ", Museu do Expedicionario, Curitiba, Brazil (D) (S25 25' 44.04" W49 15' 30.09")
  • P-47D-25RE c/n ?? 42-26766, ex-Brazilian AF 4120, ex-12th AF / 350th FG / 1° GAvCa "B4", Bill Destefani, Shafter, CA (R)
  • P-47D-28RE c/n ?? 44-19663, ex-Brazilian AF 4120, ex-12th AF / 350th FG / 1° GAvCa "A6", " D5 ", Museu Aeroespacial, Afonsos Airport, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (D) [11]

[edit] P-47D RA Republic-Evansville

P-47D-15RA 42-23278Fiery Ginger IVUSAFM
P-47D-15RA 42-23278
Fiery Ginger IV
USAFM
  • P-47D-1RA c/n 82 42-22331, Accepted: March 30, 1943, ex-1st AF / 1st FG / E Section / 124th BU(Ftr) / C Flight "A-362" - Bluethenthal AAF (Pilot:2nd Lt.Robert B Boyd, Jr.)- crashed: 29 June 1944 - Ocean Isle Beach, NC, " A-362 ",Carolinas Aviation Museum,(CAM), Charlotte, NC (S)
  • P-47D-2RA c/n ?? 42-22521 , ex-5th AF, abandoned Finschafen, Westpac Restorations, Rialto, CA (R)
  • P-47D-4RA c/n ?? 42-22687, ex-5th AF / 49th FG "71" (Pilot: Lt. James W. Harris III) - Gusap Airfield, ex-5th AF / 58th SG /386th SS (CRTC School) (Pilot: 1st Lt. Marion C. Lutes) - crashed: 29 April 1944 - Finisterre Range, Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, Illawarra Regional Airport, Sydney, Australia (R) [13]
  • P-47D-10RA c/n ?? 42-22973, ex-5th AF (Pilot: Lt. Metler) - crashed 1 March 1944, Keith Hopper Australia (S) [14]
  • P-47D-23RA c/n ?? 42-27608, ex-5th AF / 348th FG / 342nd FS - crashed December 16, 1944, Historic Aircraft Restoration Society, Sidney, Australia (R) [15]
  • P-47D-23RA c/n ?? 42-27609, ex-5th AF,Popondetta, Papua New Guinea (S)
  • P-47D-30RA unkn, ex-Yugoslav AF 13109 " 109 ", Technical Museum, Zagreb, Yugoslavia/Croatia (D) [16]
  • P-47D-30RA c/n 399-55641 unkn, ex-Colombia AF FAC 861, " FAC 861 ", Colombia Air Force - Air & Space Museum, Santa Fe de Bogotá (El Dorado), Colombia (D) [17] (N4 42' 01.61" W74 08'56.44")
  • P-47D-30RA c/n 399-53775 44-32814 (N47FF), delivered: Venezuela 5 April 1949, ex-FA Venezuela FAV 8A-36, Kermit Weeks, Polk City, FL (S)
  • P-47D-30RA c/n 399-53973 44-33712, ex-Turkish AF FAT TC-21, " DE-71 ", Turkish Air Force Museum, Istanbul, Turkey (D) [19] (N40 57' 51.41" E28 49' 28.86")
  • P-47D-30RA c/n 399-54891 44-89746, delivered: Italy 1 March 1951, ex-Italian AF MM4653, " 51-19/ MM4653 ", Military History Museum dell'Aeronautica, Vigna di Valle Airport, Italy (D)
Wicked Wabbit and Hun Hunter at Thunder Over Michigan 2005
Wicked Wabbit and Hun Hunter at Thunder Over Michigan 2005
  • P-47D-30RA c/n 399-55248 44-90103, ex-Brazilian AF FAB ???, Chino, CA (S)
  • P-47D-30RA c/n 399-55350 44-90205, Delivered: Mexico 7 November 1945, ex-Mexican AF, ex-1st AG / 201 squadron, "PZT 1012 Fantasma", " PZT 1016 ", FAM museum, Guadalajara Mexico (D) [20] (N20 40' 09.74 W103 19 59.31")
  • P-47D-30RA c/n 399-55362 44-90217, ex-Mexican AF PZT 1003, ex-1st AG / 201 squadron, Coleccion de la Base Aerea 1, Santa Lucia, Mexico (D) [21] (N19 45' 15.25" W98 59' 58.83")
  • P-47D-30RA c/n 399-55439 44-90294, ex-Brazilian AF FAB ???, Chino, CA (S)
  • P-47D-40RA c/n 399-55513 44-90368 (N4747P), accepted: 7 May 1945, Delivered: Venezuela 28 October 1947 , ex-Venezuela AF/ 130??, " IA * N Tarheel Hal ", Lone Star Flight Museum (LSFM), Galveston, TX (A)
P-47D-40RA 44-90464056Museum of Yugoslav Aviation
P-47D-40RA 44-90464
056
Museum of Yugoslav Aviation
  • P-47D-40RA c/n 399-55583 44-90438 (N647D), ex-Yugoslav AF 13021, John Schoffner, Middlesboro, KY (A)
  • P-47D-40RA c/n 399-55592 44-90447 (N1345B), ex-NJ ANG - Newark Airport, ex-Yugoslav AF/ 130??, " LH * I "Jacky's Revenge ", American Airpower Museum, Republic Airport. Farmingdale, NY (D) [22]
  • P-47D-40RA c/n 399-55609 44-90464, ex-Yugoslav AF 13056, " 056 ", Museum of Yugoslav Aviation, Belgrade, Nikola Tesla Airport(Surcin), Serbia (D) [24]
  • P-47D-40RA c/n 399-55616 44-90471 (N47DA), transferred: Peru - December 1952, ex-Peru AF 532 & FAP 114, " LM * S Hairless Joe ", Henry J. “Butch” Schroeder, IL (A) [25]
P-47D-40RA 45-49167Five by FiveUS Air Force Museum
P-47D-40RA 45-49167
Five by Five
US Air Force Museum
  • P-47D-40RA c/n 399-55669 45-49130 (N9246W) ex-sold Brazil - 10 September 1953, Brazilian AF 4181, " 44 Wicked Wabbit ", Tennessee Air Museum, Sevierville, TN (A)
  • P-47D-40RA c/n 339-55690 45-49151, Sold: Brazil - 13 August 1953, ex-Brazilian AF 4184, " B4 ", Museu Aeroespacial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (A) [26]
  • P-47D-40RA c/n 399-55731 45-49192 (N147PF), ex-Peru AF 543 & FAP 119, " MX * X No Guts No Glory! ", Claire Aviation Inc, Wilmington, DE [29]
(note: wings from a P-47D, fuselage from a P-47N)
P-47D-40RA 45-49192 No Guts No Glory! "RIAT 2004.
P-47D-40RA 45-49192
No Guts No Glory! "
RIAT 2004.
  • P-47D-40RA, c/n 399-55758 45-49219, ex-Chile AF 750, Grupo de Aviación No 11, Museo Aeronautico, Santiago, Los Cerrillos, Chile
  • P-47D-40RA c/n 399-55834 45-49295, accepted: 11 June 1945, ex-2nd AF - Galveston AAF, Texas, sold: Yugoslavia 27 May 52, ex Yugoslav AF 13064 "064 Hajduk" (pilot: Lt Col Ante Sardelic), " KL216 / RS-L ", RAF Museum, Hendon, England (D) [30] [31]
  • P-47D-40RA c/n 399-55924 45-49385 (N47DF), accepted:BOC: 20 July 20 1945, FE-385, SOC: 24 July 1953, sold: Peru March 1953, ex-Peru AF 549 & 127, " WZ * A ", Ted R. Melsheimer, Carson City, NV (A) [33]
  • P-47D-40RA c/n 399-55991 45-49452, sold: Peru 21 July 1947, ex-Peru AF 450, " 450 ", Dick Wright, Tucson, AZ (S)
  • P-47D-40RA c/n 399-56048 45-49509, sold: Chile 13 November 1947, ex-Chilian AF 760, Grupo de Aviación No 11, Chile (D) [36]

[edit] P-47G CU Curtis-Buffalo

  • P-47G-15CU c/n 21962 42-25068 (G-CDVX), accepted: 17 September 1943, ex-TP-47G, ex-1st AF - Seymour-Johnson AAF,, ex-Dalhart AAF, SOC: 29 June 1945, ex-Lone Star Flight Museum " YJ * X Little Demon " The Fighter Collection, Duxford, England] (R) [37][38]

[edit] P-47N RE Republic-Farmingdale

P-47N-25RE 44-89425Wild HarePeterson AFB Museum
P-47N-25RE 44-89425
Wild Hare
Peterson AFB Museum
  • P-47N-5-RE c/n 549-C6765 44-88548 (N6148U), Sold: Nicaragua 16 June 1954, ex-Nicaragua AF GN-62, SOC: 1962, Commemorative Air Force (CAF), Albuquerque, NM (S)
note: fuselage only
  • P-47N-25RE c/n 539-C1565 44-89348, PE-348, " HV * A ", USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, TX (D) [41] (N29 23' 35.48" W98 37' 10.98")
  • P-47N-25RE c/n 539-C1642 44-89425, accepted: 05 Oct 45, ex-Independence AF, PE-425, ex- ME ANG 132nd FS (ANG) - Dow AFB, ex-101st FW (ANG), ex-PA ANG 112th FG (ANG), Greater Pittsburgh Airport, ex-PR ANG 198th FS - Isla Grande Airport, "PR ANG Wild Hare ", Peterson Air and Space Museum (PASM), Peterson AFB, CO (D) [42]
  • P-47N-25RE c/n 539-C1661 44-89444, PE-444, ex-PR ANG 198th FS - Muniz ANGB, " 08 Cheek Baby ", Cradle of Aviation (CAM), Garden City, NY (R) [43]

[edit] P-47N RA Republic-Evansville

[edit] Unknowns

  • P-47D s/n unknown, ex-Cuban AF, Museum de Revolution, Havana, Cuba (D)

[edit] Replica

  • P-47N-25RE 44-89342, "PA ANG ", Pittsburgh International Airport, Pittsburg, PA (D)

[edit] References

  1. ^ 41-5920 recovery article
  2. ^ 42-7924
  3. ^ 42-7924 (Wings Palette collection)
  4. ^ 42-8066 Sweetwater Swatter (Pacific Wreck Database)
  5. ^ 42-8066 Sweetwater Swatter (Vintage and Warbird Registration Index)
  6. ^ 42-8130 Frankie (Pacific Wreck Database)
  7. ^ 42-8205 Big Stud (airliners photo collection)
  8. ^ 42-8205 FAB007 (Wings Palette collection)
  9. ^ 42-26760 B5 (Museu TAM)
  10. ^ 42-27385 (airliners photo collection)
  11. ^ 44-19663 (warbird center)
  12. ^ 44-20371 (virtural museum)
  13. ^ 42-22687 (Pacific Wreck Database)
  14. ^ 42-22973 (Pacif Wrecks database)
  15. ^ 42-27608 (pacific wrecks database)
  16. ^ YAF 109 (airliners photo collection)
  17. ^ 44-90496 (airliners photo collection)
  18. ^ 44-32691 (airliners photo collection)
  19. ^ 44-33712 (airliners photo collection)
  20. ^ 44-90205(airliners photo collection)
  21. ^ 44-90217 (airliners photo collection)
  22. ^ 44-90447 Jackies Revenge( airport-data collection)
  23. ^ 44-90460 Hun Hunter IV (airliners photo collection)
  24. ^ 44-90464 (airliners photo collection)
  25. ^ 44-90471 (airliners photo collection)
  26. ^ 45-49151 B4 (airliners photo collection)
  27. ^ 45-49167 Five by Five (airliners photo collection)
  28. ^ 45-49181 (airliners photo collection)
  29. ^ 45-49192 No Guts No Glory (airliners photo collection)
  30. ^ 45-49295 (RAF Museum histories)
  31. ^ 45-49295 (airliners photo collection)
  32. ^ 45-49346 (airliners photo collection)
  33. ^ 45-49382 (airliners photo collection)
  34. ^ 45-49406 (airliners photo collection)
  35. ^ 45-45498 Norma (airliners photo collection)
  36. ^ 45-49509 (wings palette)
  37. ^ 42-25068 Little Demon (airliners photo collection)
  38. ^ 42-25068 Little Deamon (airliners photo collection)
  39. ^ 42-25254 Spirit of Atlantic City (airliners photo collection)
  40. ^ 44-89320 Expected Goose (jetphotos collection
  41. ^ 44-89348 (airliners photo collection)
  42. ^ 44-89425 (restoration)
  43. ^ 44-89444 (airliners photo collection)
  44. ^ 45-53436 Meat Chopper (airliners photo collection)
  45. ^ 499-6808 (airliners photo collection)
  46. ^ 499-6808 (airliners photo collection)
  47. ^ John Weeks Website

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