Jug

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"Jug" is the widely used nickname for the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, a rugged and heavily armed American World War II fighter-bomber aircraft.

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Jug canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fighter-bomber aircraft ⓘ
nickname ⓘ
single-seat fighter aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The Jug ⓘ
armament bombs ⓘ
eight .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns ⓘ
rockets ⓘ
climbRate approximately 2,500 ft/min depending on variant ⓘ
conflictEra World War II era ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
designFeature bubble canopy on later variants ⓘ
elliptical wings ⓘ
turbo-supercharged engine ⓘ
engineType Pratt & Whitney R-2800 Double Wasp radial engine ⓘ
firstFlight 1941-05-06 ⓘ
fuelSystem capable of carrying external drop tanks ⓘ
introduced 1942 ⓘ
landingGear retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Republic Aviation ⓘ
maxSpeed over 430 mph (about 700 km/h) depending on variant ⓘ
nickname Jug ⓘ
notableCharacteristic heavy armament ⓘ
rugged airframe ⓘ
notableFor ability to absorb heavy battle damage ⓘ
effective ground-attack performance ⓘ
operator Brazilian Air Force ⓘ
Free French Air Forces ⓘ
linked to: Free French Forces

Royal Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
powerplantConfiguration single-engine ⓘ
primaryRole escort fighter ⓘ
fighter-bomber ⓘ
ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
producedUnits over 15,000 ⓘ
productionPeriod 1941–1945 ⓘ
range approximately 800 miles (1,300 km) without drop tanks ⓘ
refersTo Republic P-47 Thunderbolt ⓘ
retiredFromUSAF 1949 ⓘ
serviceCeiling over 40,000 ft ⓘ
theaterOfOperations European Theater of Operations ⓘ
Pacific Theater of Operations ⓘ
usedFor bomber escort ⓘ
close air support ⓘ
interdiction missions ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ

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Republic P-47 Thunderbolt → nickname → Jug ⓘ
subject linked to: Jug