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Hardware Republic P-47D Thunderbolt

he genesis of the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bomber stemmed from efforts by expatriate Russian aircraft designer Alexander Kartveli, chief engineer for Republic Aviation Corp., to satisfy a U.S. Army Air Corps requirement for a lightweight fighter. Improving on the P-35, designed in partnership with his

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