P-47 detail references ** (P-47D unless otherwise noted)
by Charles Metz

Aero Staff/ Maloney: 'Republic P-47D Thunderbolt' (Aero series, No. 6; Aero [USA], 1966; [pages not numbered]; approximate value US$12 [out of print]) -- P-47G [P-47D] cockpit detail, wheelwell detail, miscellaneous other detail (no page numbers)

Bentley et al.: 'Fighters of World War Two, Vol. 1' (Aircraft Archive series [unnumbered]; Motorbooks International [USA], 1988; 96 pages; approximate value US$17 [availability unknown]) [published originally in the UK by Argus Books] -- P-47B & P-47D multi-view drawings (p. 42-48)

Bodie: 'Republic P-47D Thunderbolt: From Seversky to Victory' (Widewing Publications [USA], 1994; 417 pages; US$39.95) -- XP-47B cockpit detail (p. 109); P-47D cockpit detail (p. 285, 2877), cutaway drawings (p. 249, 309), engine (p. 101, 222, 235), underwing smoke cannisters (p. 255), underwing rocket tubes (p. 272); P-47N cockpit detail (p. 331, 332), cutaway drawings (p. 333-336), engine bay (p. 339)

Bodie: 'Thunderbolt' (Wings Special Edition series, No. 1; Sentry Books [USA], [undated]; 75 pages; approximate value US$5 [out of print]) -- miscellaneous details

Bowman and Bunce: 'Spirits in the Sky: Classic Aircraft of World War II' (Smithmark / Salamander [USA / UK], 1992; 144 pages; approximate value US$15 [availability unknown]) -- color photos showing miscellaneous details

Buffetaut: 'La Bataille Aérienne de Normandie - Juin/Août 44' (Hors Série Avions series, No. 2; Editions Lela Presse [France], 1994; in French; 96 pages; approximate value US$30 [out of print]) -- rudder hinge (p. 49), underwing rocket tubes (p. 30)

Budzik: 'Detailing Revell's 1/32 scale P-47'. FineScale Modeler, February 1993, page 24 -- cockpit detail, engine

Cooksley, Moyes, Holmes and Rabbets: 'Fighters of World War II, Vol. 1' (Aerodata International series [unnumbered]; Squadron/Signal [USA], 1980; 120 pages; approximate value US$20 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 108), drop tanks (p. 113), multi-view drawings (p. 110, 111)

Davis: 'P-47D Thunderbolt in Action' (Aircraft in Action series, No. 67; Squadron/Signal [USA], 1984; 49 pages; US$8.95) -- miscelllaneous P-47B, P-47C, and P-47D details; P-47D cockpit detail (p. 35, 44)

Dean: 'America's Hundred Thousand' (Schiffer [USA], 1997; 606 pages; US$59.95) -- aileron (p. 309), bubble canopy (p. 312), cockpit detail (p. 317), cutaway drawng (p. 280), engine (p. 314), fuselage structure (p. 311), landing gear (p. 312), multi-view drawing (p. 279), tail structure (p. 310, 311), wing structure (p. 309)

Dean (ed.): 'Report of Joint Fighter Conference, NAS Patuxent River, MD, 16-23 Oct. 1944' (Schiffer [USA], 1998; 404 pages; US$35) -- cockpit detail (p. 224d-224f)

Donald (ed.): 'American Warplanes of World War 2' (Aerospace / AIRtime [UK / USA], 1995; 256 pages; US$34.95) -- cutaway drawing (p. 224, 225)

Drendel, Greer and Cumpian: 'P-47D Thunderbolt' (Walk Around series, No. 11; Squadron/Signal [USA], 1997; 80 pages; US$14.95) -- bead sight (p. 8), cockpit detail (p. 68-72), cutaway drawing (p. 35), elevators (p. 12, 13, 16), engine [R-2800] (p. 45, 48, 49, 56), engine bay (p. 52, 53, 58), engine mount (p. 54, 55), exhaust manifold (p. 54), fuselage access panels (p. 17, 38, 39-41, 44), flaps (p. 41), fuselage hand-hold (p. 5), fuselage wing-root louvers (p. 8), intercooler exhaust door (p. 36), landing gear (p. 57, 63-66), oil cooler cowl vents (p. 8, 9, 45, 48, 56, 58), rudder (p. 12, 16), wheelwell detail (p. 50, 51, 64, 65), wings (p. 24, 25, 27-29), wing access panels (p. 38)

Duval: 'Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Described (Part 1)' (Technical Manual (Series 1) series, No. 8; Kookaburra Technical Publications [Australia], 1969; 24 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- P-47B & P-47D multi-view drawings (p. 12-14); P-47C cutaway drawing (p. 7); miscellaneous P-47D details

Duval: 'Republic P-47D Thunderbolt Described (Part 2)' (Technical Manual (Series 1) series, No. 9; Kookaburra Technical Publications [Australia], 1969; 24 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- P-47D cockpit detail (p. 10), cutaway drawing (p. 5), multi-view drawings (p. 12-13); P-47N multi-view drawings (p. 14, 15); COMMENTS: Includes serial numbers of production blocks. "Fw 190 & Ta 152 Described (Part 2)" also published as No. 9 in this series

Duval, Stagg, Ward, Lewellyn, Jones: 'Republic P-47 Thunderbolt'. Scale Models, 2 (8) 1971, page 411 -- bomb, cockpit detail, drop tanks, landing gear, multi-view drawings (showing correction of Revell 1/32 scale P-47D kit), rocket tubes, wing rack

Ethell and Bodie: 'WWII War Eagles: Global Air War in Original Color' (Widewing Publications [USA], 1995; 224 pages; US$39.95) -- color photo of engine bay (p. 163)

Freeman: 'Republic P-47N Thunderbolt' (Aircraft Profile series, No. 262; Profile Publications [UK], 1974; 24 pages; approximate value US$5 [out of print]) -- P-47N engine (p. 95), landing light (p. 93), wing undersurface (p. 79)

Freeman: 'Thunderbolt: A Documentary History of the Republic P-47' (Scribner's [USA], 1979; 152 pages; approximate value US$25 [availability unknown]) -- P-47B cockpit detail (p. 22); P-47D cockpit detail (p. 22), multi-view drawings (p. 134, 135), miscellaneous other details; P-47N multi-view drawings (p. 139)

Freeman: 'Mighty Eighth War Manual' (Jane's [UK], 1984; 320 pages; US$29.95) -- ventral bomb rack (p. 74), 108-gallon underwing droptank (p. 219), 150-gallon underwing droptank (p. 221), M-10 underwing rocket tubes (p. 232), M-10 underwing smoke dispenser (p. 221), ventral droptanks (p. 219)

Freeman: '56th Fighter Group' (Osprey Aviation Elite series, No. 2; Osprey [UK], 2000; 128 pages; US$19.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 33, 35)

Freeman: 'Republic Thunderbolt' (Ducimus Classic series [unnumbered]; Ducimus [UK], [undated]; 72 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- P-47B ockpit detail (p. 8); P-47D cockpit detail (p. 8), multi-view drawings (p. 36, 37)

Fry: 'Eagles of Duxford: The 78th Fighter Group in World War II' (Phalanx [USA], 1991; 140 pages; approximate value US$30 [availability unknown]) -- cockpit detail (p. 18), engine detail (p. 67)

Green and Swanborough: 'US Army Air Force Fighters, Part 2' (WW2 Aircraft Fact Files series [unnumbered]; Arco [USA], 1978; 84 pages; approximate value US$15 [out of print]) -- cutaway drawing (p. 76, 77)

Gunston: 'The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Combat Aircraft of World War II' (Bookthrift/ Salamander [USA / UK], 1978; 256 pages; approximate value US$20 [out of print]) -- cutaway drawing (p. 250)

Hagedorn: 'Republic P-47D Thunderbolt -- The Final Chapter: Latin American Air Force Service' (Phalanx [USA], 1991; 64 pages; approximate value US$15 [availability unknown]) -- P-47N cockpit detail (p. 50, 51)

Hall, Scott and Graser: 'Republic P-47D Thunderbolt' (Warpaint Special series, No. 1; Hall Park Books [UK], 2000; 89 pages; US$31.95) -- P-47D generic marking patterns (p. 67, 79, 87), wing pylon & rack (p. 88); P-47N generic marking patterns (p. 68), undersurfaces (p. 60); Thunderbolt I (p. 73) & Thunderbolt II (p. 73) generic camouflage patterns

Hess: 'P-47D Thunderbolt at War' (At War series [unnumbered]; Doubleday [USA], 1977; 160 pages; approximate value US$30 [out of print]) -- belly-mounted bomb (p. 38) & tank (p. 39), canopy & gunsight (p. 81), cockpit detail (p. 25, 27), engine (p. 67), panel detail (p. 133, 150), wheelwell detail (p. 104), wing rack (p. 35)

Hess: 'Zemke's Wolfpack: The 56th Fighter Group in World War II' (Motorbooks International [USA], 1992; 192 pages; US$19.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 17, 74, 75, 103), miscellanoeus other detail

Hess: 'P-47D Thunderbolt' (Warbird History series [unnumbered]; Motorbooks International [USA], 1994; 144 pages; US$25) -- cockpit detail (p. 22, 28, 108), engine bay (p. 109), inner landing-gear door (p. 53), lower-cowl waste gate (p. 53), propeller (p. 39), underwing rocket tubes (p. 80), ventral bomb rack (p. 53)

Hess and Frisque: 'Aces & Wingmen II, Volume 2' (Aces & Wingmen II series, No. 2; Aviation Usk [USA], 1999; 256 pages; US$49.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 190)

Jarrett (ed.): 'Aircraft of the Second World War: The Development of the Warplane 1939-49' (Putnam's History of Aircraft series [unnumbered]; Putnam [UK], 1997; 304 pages; US$48.95) -- engine bay (p. 64)

Kinzey: 'P-47D Thunderbolt' (Detail & Scale series, No. 54; Squadron/Signal [USA], 1998; 80 pages; US$12.95) -- P-47B cockpit detail (p. 12), multi-view drawings (p. 14, 15); P-47C cockpit detail (p. 20), multi-view drawings (p. 18, 19); P-47D canopies (p. 27), cockpit detail (p. 2, 40, 41), cowl flaps (p. 49), dive [compressibility] flaps (p. 54), engine [R-2800] (p. 46), flaps (p. 53), fuselage details (p. 49-51), generic marking patterns (p. 33), gun bays (p. 48), intercooler doors (p. 51), landing gear (p. 30, 31), multi-view drawings (p. 24, 25), oil cooler door (p. 49), propellers (p. 28, 29), tail (p. 56, 57), tailwheel (p. 32), underwing rockets (p. 58), ventral drop tank shackles (p. 49), wheelwell detail (p. 30, 31, 52, 54); P-47G cockpit detail (p. 42, 43), wing details (p. 52, 53), wing pylons (p. 55, 58); P-47M cockpit detail (p. 44), engine [R-2800-57] (p. 47); P-47N cockpit detail (p. 45, 66). dorsal fin (p. 69), engine [R-2800-57] (p. 47), landing gear (p. 69), multi-view drawings (p. 70, 71), underwing rockets (p. 67), wing details (p. 68)

Lerche: 'Luftwaffe Test Pilot' (Jane's [UK], 1980; 158 pages; approximate value US$20 [availability unknown]) -- cockpit detail (p. 128f)

Maloney: 'Sever the Sky: Seversky Aircraft Evolution' (Planes of Fame [USA], 1979; 139 pages; approximate value US$10 [availability unknown]) -- YP-47B multi-view drawings (p. 121)

Mason: 'The Secret Years: Flight Testing at Boscombe Down, 1939-1945' (Hikoki [UK], 1999; 320 pages; US$56.95) -- Thunderbolt I [P-47D razorback] ventral droptank (p. 203)

McDowell: 'Thunderbolt: The Republic P-47D Thunderbolt in the European Theater' (Squadron/SIgnal [USA], 1998; 64 pages; US$9.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 10)

McDowell: 'Thunderbolt: The Republic P-47D Thunderbolt in the Pacific Theater' (Squadron/SIgnal [USA], 1999; 63 pages; US$9.95) -- generic RAF SEAC camouflage & markings (p. 56)

McLaren: 'Beware the Thunderbolt!: The 56th Fighter Group in World War II' (Schiffer [USA], 1994; 204 pages; US$39.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 49, 71), cowl flaps (p. 75)

Minoru: 'WWII Fighters (1)' (Design with Precision series, No. 1; Kantosha [Japan], 1994; in Japanese; 158 pages; US$40) -- multi-view drawings (p. 79-82)

Morgan: 'The P-47D Thunderbolt' (Famous Aircraft series [unnumbered]; Arco [USA], 1963; 62 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail and miscellanoues other detail (no page numbers)

Nohara and Okazaki: 'Republic P-47D Thunderbolt' (Aero Detail series, No. 14; Dai-Nippon Kaiga Co., Ltd. [Japan], 1995; in Japanese and English; 80 pages; US$39.95) -- canopies (p. 14-17, 69), cockpit detail (p. 14-21, 68, 69), cowl (p. 6-10, 26, 67), cutaway drawing (p. 66), drop tanks (p. 71), engine (p. 11-13, 28), exhaust shutters (p. 23, 26), flaps (p. 30-33), fuselage structure (p. 27), generic marking patterns (p. 46-51), gunsight mount (p. 69), landing gear (p. 35-38, 45, 70), multi-view drawings (p. 74-77), propellers (p. 6, 8-11, 67), underwing rockets (p. 71), supercharger ducts (p. 22, 25), tail (p. 40-44), wheelwell detail (p. 30, 37-39), wings (p. 28-34, 67); P-47N multi-view drawings (p. 80)

O'Leary: 'USAAF Fighters of World War Two in Action' (Blandford Press [UK], 1986; 478 pages; US$29.95) -- cutaway drawing (p. 236, 237), fuselage structure (p. 252, 253)

O'Leary: 'VIII Fighter Command at War: "Long Reach"' (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces series, No. 31; Osprey [UK], 2000; 144 pages; US$22.95) -- multi-view drawings (p. 132, 133)

Rust and Hess: 'The Slybird Group:The 353rd Fighter Group on Escort and Ground Attack Operations' (Army Air Force Unit History series [unnumbered]; Aero [USA], 1968; 95 pages; approximate value US$20 [out of print]) -- ordnance and droptanks (p. 79, 80)

Scutts: 'P-47D Thunderbolt Aces of the Eighth Air Force' (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces series, No. 24; Osprey [UK], 1998; 96 pages; US$16.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 41), multi-view drawings (p. 90, 91)

Scutts: 'P-47D Thunderbolt Aces of the Ninth and Fifteenth Air Forces' (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces series, No. 30; Osprey [UK], 1999; 96 pages; US$17.95) -- engine bay (p. 70), multi-view drawings (p. 92, 93), underwing bomb/droptank pylon & rack (p. 71), underwing triple M-10 rocket tubes

Shacklady: 'P-47D Thunderbolt' (Classic WWII Aviation series, No. 4; Tempus [UK], 2000; 176 pages; US$30) -- XP-47D multi-view drawings (p. 35); P-47D cutaway drawing (p. 46)

Shores: 'Ground Attack Aircraft of World War II' (Macdonald Illustrated War Study series [unnumbered]; MacDonald and Jane's [UK], 1977; 191 pages; approximate value US$10 [out of print]) -- bomb racks (p. 138, 139)

Skulski and Gronczewski: 'P-47D Thunderbolt Bubbletop' (Pod Lupa series, No. 6; Ace Publication [Poland], 1998; in Polish; 36 pages; US$16) -- P-47D cockpit detail (p. 31), engine (p. 22), engine bay (p. 30), flap & flap linkages (p. 12, 37), fuselage bomb rack (p. 17, 32), intercooler doors (p. 12), landing gear (p. 20, 27, 33), multi-view drawings (p. 4-6, 11), supercharger wastegates (p. 11, 17), tail (p. 37), tailwheel (p. 12, 17, 33), underwing bomb rack (p. 13, 32), wheelwell detail (p. 13, 20, 27, 33); P-47N cockpit detail (p. 25, 27), multi-view drawings (p. 28, 29)

Stafford: 'Thunderbolt in Action' (Aircraft in Action series, No. 18; Squadron/Signal [USA], 1975; 49 pages; approximate value US$13 [out of print]) -- P-47B cockpit detail (p. 12); P-47D cockpit detail (p. 12), wheelwell detail (p. 8)

Stapfer: 'Strangers in a Strange Land' (Squadron/Signal [USA], 1988; 80 pages; approximate value US$9 [availability unknown]) -- cockpit detail (p. 23)

Stoff: 'Picture History of World War II American Aircraft Production' (Dover [USA], 1993; 179 pages; approximate value US$15 [availability unknown]) -- canopy (p. 54), engine (p. 77, 78), engine bay (p. 124-126), fin & rudder (p. 92), fuselage structure (p. 27-31, 70, 71), turbocharger & exhaust (p. 152), wing structure (p. 43)

Teague: 'The Revell P-47D Thunderbolt in 1/32 scale'. Aircraft Modelworld, 5 (11) 1989, page 340 -- multi-view drawings showing correction of Revell 1/32 scale P-47D kit

Toliver and Constable: 'Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe' (Aero [USA], 1977; 432 pages; US$19.95) -- cockpit detail (p. 85)

Velek and Roman: 'Republic P-47D Thunderbolt' (MBI [Czech Republic], 1997; in Czech and English; 79 pages; US$14) -- XP-47B canopy (p. 12); P-47B cockpit detail (p. 18, 19); P-47D bomb rack (p. 28), bomb shackle (p. 27, 28), bubble canopy (p. 29, 74), cockpit detail (p. 23, 31, 34-36, 58), cowl flaps (p. 72), dive brakes (p. 30), drop tanks (p. 56), engine mount (p. 73), flaps (p. 74), landing gear (p. 76), multi-view drawings (p. 42-45), razorback canopy (p. 18, 29), tailwheel (p. 75), underwing rocket tubes [including location] (p. 62, 77), wheelwell detail (p. 76), windscreens (p. 73), wing structure (p. 74); P-47G-16 two-seater canopy (p. 64); P-47M engine (p. 50), tail (p. 47); P-47N cockpit detail (p. 51), drop tank (p. 56), engine (p. 50), multi-view drawings (p. 52, 53), underwing rockets & rocket stubs (p. 48, 77), tail (p. 47)

Ward: '"Jug" corrections: the P-47D in 1/32 scale'. IPMS/USA Quarterly, 5(4) 1970, page 22 -- multi-view drawings showing correction of Revell 1/32 scale P-47D kit

White: 'Allied Aircraft Piston Engines of World War II' (SAE International [USA], 1995; 426 pages; US$39.95) -- engine & engine mount (p. 244)

------: 'Cutaway Aircraft of World War Two' (Argus Books [UK], 1989; 63 pages; approximate value US$8 [out of print]) -- cutaway drawing (p. 30, 31)

------: 'P-47D Thunderbolt' (Famous Airplanes of the World (1) series, No. 112; Bunrin-Do [Japan], 1979; in Japanese; 66 pages; approximate value US$5 [out of print]) -- cockpit detail (p. 36, 37), engine bay (p. 30), gun bay (p. 38), miscellaneous other detail (p. 40, 41); COMMENT: First [previous] 'Famous Airplanes of the World' series [gray or blue covers]

------: 'Pilots Manual for Republic P-47D Thunderbolt' (Pilots Manual series [unnumbered]; Aviation Publications [USA], 1973; [pages not numbered]; approximate value US$7 [availability unknown]) -- cockpit detail (p. 1-8, 14-20, 35, 38, 44), razorback canopy (p. 49)

------: 'Republic P-47D "Thunderbolt"' (Maru Mechanic series, No. 41; Maru [Japan], 1983; in Japanese; 80 pages; approximate value US$30 [out of print]) -- bomb racks (p. 33, 35), cockpit detail (p. 5, 18, 20-23, 25, back cover), cutaway drawings (p. 6, 7), engine (p. 36-39), landing gear (p. 29-31), multi-view drawings (fold-out), wheelwell detail (p. 29), miscellaneous other detail

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