ISBN10: 1849086729, ISBN13: 9781849086721, [publisher: Osprey] Softcover Osprey Combat Aircraft - Fighters P-47 Thunderbolt Units of the Twelfth Air Force (MINT/New)Manufacturer: OspreyProduct Line: Combat Aircraft - FightersType: SoftcoverCode: OSPCOM092Copyright Date: 2012Author: Jonathan BernsteinPage Count: 96Please review the condition and any condition notes for the exact condition of this item. All pictures are stock photos. The condition of the item you will receive is MINT/New. Our grading system is explained in the terms of sale section of our bookseller page. Please feel free to contact us with any questions. Product Description: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 ...