List of surviving Republic P-47 Thunderbolts

Republic P-47D-40-RA Thunderbolt 45-49192 presented as P-47D-25-RE 42-26671 'No Guts-No Glory' (MX-X) of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, nicknamed "No Guts-No Glory!", while flying for Claire Aviation in Wilmington, Delaware, USA.

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was an American fighter aircraft. From the 1st prototype produced in 1941, 15,686 P-47s were produced, the last of which was accepted by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) from Republic Aviation' Evansville, Indiana factory.

Background

While the majority of the earlier versions and war-weary aircraft were quickly scrapped, most of the last production blocks would continue in service with the post-war USAAF and the new USAF. For the next five 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 Air National Guard fighter units east of the Mississippi River.

The P-47 would also be the foundation stock for rebuilding a majority of the post-war European air forces. 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 1950s 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 F-47 would continue as a front line fighter with these nations.

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

Survivors

Thunderbolt, Museum "Asas de um Sonho", in São Carlos, State of São Paulo, Brazil.

P-47D Thunderbolt on display in Chile.

Displays of aircraft and spacecraft at the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace (Air & Space Museum), Le Bourget, Paris, France, in September 2008.

Australia

Under restoration

P-47D

• 42-8066 - Historical Aircraft Restoration Society in Sydney.{{citation needed|date=March 2015}:}
• 42-8310 - Historical Aircraft Restoration Society in Sydney.
• 42-27608 - Historical Aircraft Restoration Society in Sydney.

Brazil

On display

P-47D

• 42-19663 - Museu Aeroespacial in Rio de Janeiro. Wartime "A6". Painted as 42-19662 "D5".^[1]
• 42-26760 - Museu TAM in Sao Carlos. Wartime "B2". Painted as 42-29265 "B5".^[2]
• 45-49485 - Museu do Expedicionário in Curitiba. Painted as 42-46756 "A4".^[3]

Airworthy airplane belonging to the Brazilian Air Force, on display at TAM Museum, São Carlos - São Paulo State - Brazil

Marked as one of the 1st Brazilian Fighter Squadron airplanes, which took part in combats in Italy during World War II

Chile

On display

P-47D

• 45-49219 - Museo Nacional de Aeronautica Chile in Santiago. Painted as FACH N° 750.^[4]

Colombia

On display

P-47D

• 45-49102 - Museo Aeroespacial Colombiano in Bogota.^[5]

Croatia

On display

P-47D

• 13109 (ex-Yugoslav AF) - Technical Museum, Zagreb.^[6]

France

On display

P-47D

• 44-20371 - Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace north of Paris.^[7]

Germany

On display

P-47D

• 42-7924 - Motortechnica Museum.^[8]

Italy

On display

P-47D

• 44-89746 - Italian Air Force Museum in Bracciano.^[9]

Mexico

On display

P-47D

• 44-90205 - Museo de la FAM.^[10]

Serbia

On display

P-47D

• 44-90464 (ex-Yugoslav AF 13056) - Museum of Aviation, Belgrade.^[11]

Turkey

On display

P-47D

• 44-33712 - Istanbul Aviation Museum^[12]

United Kingdom

P-47G Thunderbolt s/n 42-25068 at Duxford, 2012

On display

P-47D

• 42-26671 - Imperial War Museum Duxford.^[13]
• 45-49295 - Royal Air Force Museum London.^[14]

United States

Airworthy

P-47D

• 42-29150 Dottie Mae - restored by Allied Fighters of Sun Valley, Idaho.^[15][16] The aircraft is currently at Caldwell Industrial Airport in Caldwell, Idaho as of Memorial Day weekend 2017, and took its first flight in over 70 years on 22 June 2017, per Warhawk Air Museum's Facebook page.^[17]
• 44-32817 Balls Out - Lewis Air Legends in San Antonio, Texas.^[18][19]
• 44-90368 Tarheel Hal - Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, Texas.^[20][21]

P-47D 45-49406 taxiing at Paine Field, 2010

• 44-90438 Wicked Wabbit - Aviation Management Resources Inc. in Wilmington, Delaware.^[22]
• 44-90460 Hun Hunter XVI - Tennessee Museum of Aviation in Sevierville, Tennessee.^[23][24]
• 44-90471 Hairless Joe - Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, Oregon.^[25][26]
• 45-49192 No Guts No Glory - Claire Aviation Inc in Wilmington, Delaware.^[27]
• 45-49205 Squirt VIII - Palm Springs Air Museum in Palm Springs, California.^[28][29]
• 45-49346 (unnamed) - Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California.^[30][31]
• 45-49385 (unnamed) - Westpac Restorations in Colorado Springs, Colorado.^[32][33]
• 45-49406 Tallahassee Lassie - Flying Heritage Collection in Everett, Washington.^[34][35]

P-47G

• 42-25068 Snafu - Comanche Warbirds Inc. in Houston, Texas.^[36]
• 42-25254 Spirit Of Atlantic City, NJ - Planes of Fame in Chino, California.^[37][38]

YP-47M

• 42-27385 (unnamed) - Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California.^[39][40]

Republic P-47D Thunderbolt 42-23278 "Razorback Version", USAF Museum, Dayton, Ohio

Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, Seattle Museum Of Flight, Washington

On display

P-47D

• 42-8205 Big Stud/88 - Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington.^[41][42]
• 42-23278 Fiery Ginger IV - National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio.^[43]
• 42-26470 - Pylon-mounted in front of Headquarters (Fiberglass Replica), USAFCENT / 9th Air Force, Shaw AFB, South Carolina.^[44]
• 44-32691 (unnamed) - Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center of the National Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia.^[45]
• 44-32798 (unnamed) - Hill Aerospace Museum at Hill AFB in Utah.^[46]
• 45-49167 Five by Five - National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio.^[47]
• 45-49181 (unnamed) - Air Zoo in Kalamazoo, Michigan.^[48]
• 45-49458 Norma - New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. It is on loan from the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.^[49]

P-47N

• 44-89320 Expected Goose - Air Force Armament Museum at Eglin AFB, Florida.^[50]
• 44-89348 (unnamed) - Lackland AFB, Texas.^[51]
• 44-89425 Wild Hair - Peterson Air and Space Museum at Peterson AFB, Colorado.^[52]
• 44-89444 Cheek Baby - Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, New York. It is on loan from the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio.^[53]

Under restoration or in storage

P-47D

• 42-08130 (unnamed) - for static display at the Pima Air and Space Museum adjacent to Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Arizona.^[54]
• 44-32814 (unnamed) - in storage at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida.^[55]
• 44-90447 Jacky's Revenge - American Airpower Museum in Farmingdale, New York. Crashed in Hudson River 27 May 2016, pilot killed. Wreckage recovered but unknown if it will be restored.^[56][57][58]
• 45-49130 (unnamed) - in storage at the Tennessee Museum of Aviation in Sevierville, Tennessee.^[59]

P-47N

• 44-89136 Lil Meatie's Meat Chopper - Commemorative Air Force in Midland, Texas. Heavily damaged after an accident on March 21, 2002 in Albuquerque, NM. It is now awaitng restoration and in storage at Cavanaugh Flight Museum in Addison, Texas.^[60][61]

Venezuela

Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Venezuela Airforce.

On display

P-47D

• 44-32809 - Aeronautics Museum of Maracay.^[62]

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to P-47 Thunderbolt warbirds.

Wikimedia Commons has media related to P-47 Thunderbolt museum aircraft.

• Base de Données: P-47 Database
• Warbird Central: P-47 Serial Numbers
• History of ex-350th FG / 1° GAvCa Brazilian AF in World War II
• History of Brazilian AF
• AztecModels: History Mexican Squadron 201
• US Warplanes: P-47 Thunderbolt
• AeroWeb: P-47s On Display

Video

• No Guts No glory