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- From: jfb@ihlpl.att.com
- Subject: Number Forty-Seven in the Series--Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (2 of 9)
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- Keywords: P-47C
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- Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 17:31:00 GMT
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- From jfb@ihlpl.att.com
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- The P-47C was the next production version of the Thunderbolt. It began
- to leave the production lines in September of 1942. It was externally
- similar to the P-47B, but had the forward fuselage extended 8 inches
- at the firewall and was provided with a new engine mounting. The
- rudder and elevator balance system was completely redesigned. The
- forward-slanted radio antenna mast of the P-47B was replaced by a
- shorter upright mast. Overall length was increased from 35 feet 3 1/4
- inches to 36 feet 1 3/4 inches. Perhaps the most important change was
- the provision of under-fuselage shackles which permitted a 166.5 Imp.
- gall. drop tank to be carried. This extended the range to 1250 miles
- at an altitude of 10,000 feet and a cruising speed of 231 mph.
-
- The P-47C-1-RE production block was powered by the same R-2800-21
- engine which powered the P-47B, but the P-47C-5-RE block had the
- R-2800-59 engine which could be provided with water injection
- capability, permitting a war-emergency power of 2300 hp to be achieved
- for a brief time at an altitude of 27,000 feet.
-
- 602 P-47Cs were delivered by February 1943, when the improved P-47D
- replaced it on the production line.
-
- Serials of the P-47C were as follows:
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- 41-6066/6177 Republic P-47C-1-RE Thunderbolt
- 41-6178/6305 Republic P-47C-2-RE Thunderbolt
- 41-6306/6667 Republic P-47C-5-RE Thunderbolt
-
- Specs of the P-47C-5-RE:
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- Maximum speed was 433 mph at 30,000 feet, and 353 mph at 5000 feet.
- Initial climb rate was 2780 feet per minute. An altitude of 15,000
- feet could be attained in 7.2 minutes. Service ceiling was 42,000
- feet. Range at maximum cruise power was 640 miles at 335 mph at
- 10,000 feet. Range with a 166.5 Imp. gall. drop tank was 1250 miles
- at 10,000 feet at 231 mph. Weights were 9900 pounds empty, 13,500
- pounds normal loaded, 14,925 pounds maximum. Wingspan was 40 feet 9
- 3/4 inches, length was 36 feet 1 3/4 inches, height was 14 feet 1 3/4
- inches, and wing area was 300 square feet.
-
- Sources:
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- American Combat Planes, Ray Wagner, Third Enlarged Edition, Doubleday,
- 1982.
-
- The American Fighter, Enzo Angelucci and Peter Bowers, Orion Books,
- 1987.
-
- War Planes of the Second World War, Fighters, Volume Four, William
- Green, Doubleday 1964.
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- United States Military Aircraft since 1909, Gordon Swanborough and
- Peter M. Bowers, Smithsonian, 1989.
-
- Famous Fighters of the Second World War, Volume I, William Green,
- 1967.
-
- Thunderbolt!, Robert S. Johnson and Martin Caidin, Ballantine Books,
- 1958.
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- Joe Baugher AT&T Bell Laboratories 2000 North Naperville Road
- Naperville, Illinois 60566-7033. (708) 713-4548
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