Corgi Aviation Archive Series Die-cast Model

Republic P-47D Thunderbolt – #42-29150 / K4-S ‘Dottie Mae’, Lt. Henry Mohr, 511th FS, 410th FG, USAAF, Austria, May 8, 1945 (The last USAAF aircraft lost over Europe in WWII)

1:72 Scale.  Length: 6".  Wingspan: 6.75"


Limited Edition of 1200 Models Worldwide

When Republic P-47D Thunderbolt #42-29150 “Dottie Mae' took to the air following the end of a lengthy restoration project in June of 2017, she was not only a fine example of this brute of a wartime fighter, but could also claim to be arguably the most historic airworthy former wartime aircraft found anywhere in the world. Recovered from Lake Traun in Austria some twelve years earlier, this aircraft had the distinction of being the last Allied fighter to be lost prior to the end of the war in Europe, one which wasn't lost to enemy action, but the exuberance of a pilot who just flew too low when undertaking a morale boosting aviation show of strength flight.

Assigned to fly over a recently liberated German labor camp in the town of Ebensee, Austria, a force of 20 P-47 Thunderbolts made their way at low altitude from their base at Kitzingen, but with Henry Mohr in 'Dottie Mae' appearing to be flying lower than the rest of the formation. After overflying the town, the Thunderbolts headed out over Lake Traun and broke formation, however almost immediately the propeller of Mohr's P47 struck the surface of the water and was dragged in. Pilot Lt. Mohr managed to escape unscathed, but his aircraft quickly sank to its watery resting place, along with the ignominy of being the last Allied fighter lost during the war in Europe.

The Republic P-47 Thunderbolt was a single-seat fighter aircraft used by the U.S. and Allied air forces during World War II. It was one of the largest, heaviest, most expensive fighter aircraft in history to be powered by a single piston engine. The P-47B was first flown on May 6, 1941 with the first production aircraft being delivered in May 1942. The Thunderbolt was very effective as a short-to-medium range escort fighter and as a fighter-bomber proved especially adept at ground attack. The aircrafts eight .50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns could inflict severe damage on lightly armored targets. In the fighter-bomber ground-attack role it could carry ten five-inch rockets or a bomb load of up to 2,500 pounds.

The first P-47 combat mission took place on March 10, 1943 when the 4th FG took their aircraft on a fighter sweep over France. By 1944, the P-47 Thunderbolt was in service with the USAAF in all of its operational theaters, except Alaska. Although the P-51 Mustang eventually replaced the P-47 in the long-range escort role in Europe, the P-47 still ended the war with 3752 air-to-air victories claimed in over 746,000 sorties. A total of 15,678 P-47s of all types were built, the last being a P-47N, which rolled off the Republic Aviation production line in October 1945. The P-47 Thunderbolt served with the U.S. Army Air Force (U.S. Air Force after 1947) until 1949 and the Air National Guard until 1953.


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