The P-47 Needed to be Big Enough to Carry a More Powerful Engine ✈️ Air Warriors | Smithsonian

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In 1941, the US Airforce had a problem: its reigning fighter plane, the Double Wasp, couldn’t fight effectively at high altitudes–unlike the Luftwaffe planes. A bigger engine was needed, and the P-47s Thunderbolts were the planes to provide it.

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