Republic P-47 Thunderbolts in action, takeoff and flight (SFP 186)

This footage was shot on May 29th, 1945. 02:22 Amazing takeoff of two P-47’s side by side. The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was one of the largest and heaviest fighter aircraft in history to be powered by a single piston engine. It was heavily armed with eight .50-caliber machine guns, four per wing. When fully loaded, the P-47 weighed up to eight tons, and in the fighter-bomber ground-attack roles could carry five-inch rockets or a significant bomb load of 2,500 pounds; it could carry over half the payload