The Snapshots in Time Collection
U.S.N.T.S. Aircraft Recognition Card: P-47 Thunderbolt Pursuit Fighter (Form 2, Columbus, Ohio, 12-8-42)
A 1942 U.S. Navy Training School recognition page for the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, a heavily armed and armored U.S. Army pursuit fighter that became a mainstay of Allied air power in both Europe and the Pacific. Multiple photographs trained observers to identify its massive fuselage and elliptical wing from any angle. Project: 218069