"Soviet P-47" Topic
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| Kaoschallenged | 28 May 2013 8:05 p.m. PST |
Finally have found a photo of the Soviet P-47. Wasn't a well known Lend-Lease Aircraft . Robert
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| Kaoschallenged | 28 May 2013 8:07 p.m. PST |
"William Green in the fundamental work " Warplanes of the Second World War " speaks about 203 sent of USA in USSR "Thunderbolt" of variants P-47D-22-RE and P-47D-27-RE, 196 planes, according to Green, has reached the addressee. The information from archive of the general Staff of the Air Forces of the Soviet Army differs not strongly – 190 fighters Ð-47 is received in 1944 and five – in 1945. Probably, in the Soviet archive one more is not taken into account(discounted) plane – P-47D-10-RE factory number 42-75202 bought on collected American senators of means, this plane has received an own name " Knight of Pythias ". It(him) tested in middle of 1944 in scientific research institute of the Air Forces and ËÈÈ."
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| GROSSMAN | 29 May 2013 5:23 a.m. PST |
Boy, I bet the Soviets loved this plane. It looks like something they would design. |
| jowady | 29 May 2013 9:26 p.m. PST |
There is a photo of a Soviet P47 in the 1945 Janes All the Worlds Aircraft |
| Fatman | 30 May 2013 9:57 a.m. PST |
The Osprey AoA 074 "Soviet Lend Lease Fighter Aces Of World War 2" has two pictures and two profiles of P-47's, one each of P-47C and P-47D. Fatman |
| Kaoschallenged | 30 May 2013 5:40 p.m. PST |
From what I have read so far the Soviets weren't really impressed with the P-47. Robert |
| Barin1 | 31 May 2013 2:09 a.m. PST |
This link has another pic of Soviet Thunderbolt. And yes, looks like it didn't make a right impression. If you translate the article, you can find that its combat fate was similar to MIG-3 – there was simply no place for the plane at low attitudes, and no fight on top attitudes. It was also tested as ground attack plane and showed good results, but then we had IL-2…
airpages.ru/uk/p47su.shtml |
| Fatman | 31 May 2013 7:15 a.m. PST |
Also by the time it arrived the Soviets had first class fighters of their own optimised for the low level war they fought. Why add another, complex, airframe to the mix? Fatman Oh and like the Spitfire didn't also need higher quality fuel than the Soviet types? |
| Kaoschallenged | 31 May 2013 8:15 p.m. PST |
I would agree fatman. And according to this list I found they had enough of other Allied types they used and tested too,
AT-6 Texan
B-24 Liberator
B-25 Mitchell
C-46 Commando
C-47 Skytrain
DB-7 / A-20 Havoc
O-52 Owl
OS2U Kingfisher
P-38
P-400 Airacobra
P-40 all models Warhawk, Kittyhawk, etc.
P-47 Thunderbolt
P-51A Mustang
P-63 Kingcobra
PBY3
PBY5 Nomad
PBY6 Catalina
Spit VB
Spit LF IX
Spit HF XI
Spit PR IV
Spit LF XVI
Hurricane
Typhoon
Albemarle
Mosquito BIV
Stirling
Lancaster Robert |
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