This is a preview of The Jug pt. 1- Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.

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It's the second in the series that will lead to the P-47 Thunderbolt! We'll follow the turbulent, evolutionary path that led from Seversky’s pioneering P-35 to the high-flying but flawed Republic P-43 Lancer. This episode covers the awkward “teenage years” of the Republic fighter family — the missteps, the breakthroughs, and the surprising missions flown by a fighter that was already outdated the moment it left the factory.

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Here we go with the first in the series that will lead to the P-47 Thunderbolt! Who is Alexander de Seversky and what it the the P-35A? Well...you'll just have to listen!

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Soooo... why did the RAF have a fighter with NO forward firing guns??? Today I look at Boulton Paul's Defiant and the concept of the "turret fighter".

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It's my annual Halloween episode! A Noorduyn Norseman with a very special passenger disappears over the Channel without a trace....

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Not excited about a "just" cargo plane? Just wait. You haven't met the Tausendfüßler (Millipede) yet...

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In this episode, we meet the Soviet Union's "most interesting man", learn about the super-slippery Stal-6 fighter, the short-lived Stal-7 airliner and finally the Yer-2 bomber!

*Happy Birthday Tanner!*

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Join Luftwaffe test pilot Hans-Werner Lerche on the last flight of the Do 335.

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Photo credit: Vernon Jaworski.

Musical credit:

"Stay the Course" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

"I Can Feel it Coming" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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