| Type |
Single seat fighter |
| Engine |
1 Pratt & Whitney R-2800-59 with 4-bladed Curtiss Electric C542S propeller dia. 3,96 m |
| Dimensions |
Length 11,02 m , height 4,472 m, span 12,43 m , wing area 27,87 m2 , airfoil Seversky S-3 |
| Weights |
Empty 4536 kg, loaded 6001 kg, max. take off weight 7938 kg |
| Performance |
Max.. speed 686 km/h at 9100 m , cruising speed , range 1660 km, endurance , service ceiling 13000 m , climb |
| Armament |
8 12.7 mm M2 Browning machine guns with 425 rounds per gun (3400 rounds total), up to 1.100 kg of bombs ,10 127 mm HVAR unguided rockets |
| Type |
Werk.Nr |
Registration |
History |
| P-47D |
|
T9+LK |
|
| P-47F-2-RA "Agnes" |
42-22490 |
T9+FK |
Flown by 2nd Lt. William E. Roach of 358th Squadron/355th Fighter Group/8th Air Force. Roach was on his third mission on November 7, 1943 while escorting B-17's of the 8th Airforce's 1st and 3rd Air Divisions. Becoming disoriented in poor weather, with fuel running low and after watching the squadron leader crash land, Roach began looking for an suitable airfield for an emergency landing. Lt. Roach spotted a field and landed, followed a vehicle to a parking place and shut down. Only then did Roach realize the people surrounding the plane were Germans! Lt. Roach spent the remainder of the war at Stalag Luft I and had provided the Luftwaffe with it's first intact P-47F-2-RA (42-22490). |
The Luftwaffe operated at least one captured P-47. In poor weather on 7 November 1943, while flying a P-47D-2-RA on a bomber escort mission, 2nd Lt. William E. Roach of 358th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group made an emergency landing on a German airfield. Roach was imprisoned at Stalag Luft I. The Thunderbolt was given German markings
Auch die Anzahl der bei der Luftwaffe ein-
gesetzten “Thunderbolts" hielt sich in
Grenzen. Einige Maschinen sind ganz
klar in Rechlin und beim “Zirkus Rosarius”
nachweisbar.
P-47 D-2-RA (SerN0: 42-22490) “Beetle”
Die Maschine landete am 7. November
1943 irrtümlich auf dem Luftwaffenplatz
Caen/Frankreich. Die amerikanische
Kennung YF+U wurde zunächst beibehal-
ten, das Flugzeug später jedoch mit
Balkenkreuzen versehen. Einsatz bei der
Erprobungsstelle der Luftwaffe Rechlin
Kennung 7+9.
Danach zum “Zirkus Rosarius”
Kennung T9+FK.
P-47 D (SerND: 42-75971)
Die Masachine wurde nach der Er-
beutung nach Rechlin überführt.
Kennung 8+6.
Später ging das Flugzeug an den “Zirkus
Rosarius”.
Kennung T9+LK.
P-47 D (Ser.Nr. ?)
Eine weitere Maschine war beim “Zirkus
Rosarius” als T9+PK im Einsatz.
