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Osprey Publishing COM92 P-47 Thunderbolt Units Of The Twelfth Air Force
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCT
The P-47 Thunderbolt, originally designed as a high-altitude interceptor,
became the principal US fighter-bomber of World War II. First adapted to the
ground attack role by units of the Twelfth Air Force in early 1944, the
strength and durability of the P-47 airframe, along with its massive size,
earned it the nickname ‘Juggernaut’, which was quickly shortened to ‘Jug’
throughout the MTO and ETO. By October 1943, with the creation of the
Fifteenth Air Force, nearly half of the Twelfth’s fighter groups would be
retasked with strategic escort missions, leaving six groups to perform close
air support and interdiction missions throughout the entire Mediterranean
theatre. The groups inflicted incredible damage on the enemy’s transport
routes in particular, using rockets, bombs, napalm and machine-gun rounds to
down bridges, blow up tunnels and strafe trains. Myriad first-hand accounts
and period photography reveal the spectacular success enjoyed by the
Thunderbolt in the MTO in the final year of the war.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
Jonathan Bernstein is the Director of the National Guard Memorial Museum in
Washington, DC and a currently serving AH-64 attack helicopter pilot in the
Pennsylvania National Guard. The study of aircraft in the close air support
role and the evolution of that doctrine from World War 2 to the present is
his passion. He has written two prior volumes for the Combat Aircraft
series, both on US Army attack helicopters (COMs 41 and 57) and has also
published numerous articles on National Guard history. He lives in Maryland
with his wife and two sons.Chris Davey has illustrated more than 30 titles
for Osprey’s Aircraft of the Aces, Combat Aircraft and Elite Units series
since 1994. Based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, and one of the last
traditional airbrush artists in the business, he has become the artist of
choice for both USAAF fighters and RAF subject matter.
CONTENTS
Origins of the American fighter-bomber
Anti-shipping and Anzio
Operation Strangle
Diadem, Rome and Arno
Southern France
Rain, Mud and Mountains
Flying over the winter stalemate
The final push
Appendices
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