How Big Was The Jug?

[Subdeacon Joe]

Some scale.

 

P-47 Republic factory worker Pauline Mauck, Evansville, IN.

 

 

[Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619]

Nice, medium I'd say. Legs spectacular.

[Tom Bullweed]

Nose art?

[Subdeacon Joe]

Robert Johnson on his mount.

[Four-Eyed Buck,SASS #14795]

The Jug was definitely massive for a fighter in it's day. Once it's  pilot's learned to exploit it's assets and the introduction of the four bladed "paddle" props, it was something to be reckoned with.

[Dawg Hair, SASS #29557]

Propellers diameter was/is a tad over 13 feet.

[Utah Bob #35998]

1 hour ago, Subdeacon Joe said:

Robert Johnson on his mount.

Ouch! My groin.

[Utah Bob #35998]

Biggest single engine fighter.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/why-p-47-thunderbolt-world-war-ii-beast-airways-ruled-skies-180976316/

[Mister Badly]

I believe there are a couple in Sevierville TN

[Mister Badly]

https://www.tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink-g55328-d535451-i40768516-Tennessee_Museum_of_Aviation-Sevierville_Tennessee.html