{"id":99223,"date":"2024-08-02T07:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-01T21:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/ww2-history-us-p-47-thunderbolts-european-theater\/"},"modified":"2024-08-02T07:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-01T21:00:12","slug":"ww2-history-the-legendary-us-p-47-thunderbolts-in-the-european-theater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=99223","title":{"rendered":"WW2 History: The Legendary US P-47 Thunderbolts In The European Theater"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you ask your typical WWII aviation buff what the most famous and iconic fighter plane of that monstrous conflictparticularly the European Theater of Operationsis, chances are he or she will answer with the North American P-51D Mustang<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Though not quite as renowned as the P-51, the “Jug” was still a legendary fighter in the European Theater of WW2. And rightfully so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,408,412,11249,6808,1384],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-history","category-military","category-republic-p-47-thunderbolt","category-second-world-war","category-us-air-force"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t