Here’s What You Need to Know: The juiced-up engines of the P-47Ms were plagued by serious technical problems. Pilots nicknamed early-model P-47 Thunderbolts the “Razorback,” a reference to the chunky ...

When the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt flew through the skies in World War II, it was the moment that shifted air warfare. Its designer was Alexander Kartveli. The P-47 was commonly referred to as the ...