The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was the most-produced American fighter of WWII, built by a Georgian engineer whose philosophy of excess saved thousands of lives.
TaildraggerThe Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was WWII's heaviest single-engine fighter - renowned not for elegance but for absorbing punishment that should have killed it.
TaildraggerThe Grumman F6F Hellcat achieved a 19-to-1 kill ratio in WWII and enabled Commander David McCampbell's record nine-kill mission on October 24, 1944.
TaildraggerThe P-47 Thunderbolt, the heavy 'Jug,' was built around a turbosupercharger and became WWII's toughest fighter-bomber.
TaildraggerHow the Grumman F6F Hellcat, built around combat reports from the Pacific, destroyed Japanese naval air power with a 19-to-1 kill ratio.
TaildraggerHow the Vought F4U Corsair's inverted gull wing solved a propeller problem and made it one of WWII's deadliest fighters.
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