[STARMAN 352ND]

P-47's taking off of a aircraft carrier.
JP

[Shawn 507]

Is it me or are those short launches by the captapult? Still the sight of those big birds on deck is interesting. Can you imagine those in Navy blue with white bellies?
- Shawn

[johnnyboy]

What like this

[mustangdriver]

Funny that the razorback looks almost like a Hellcat at first glance.

[FormerViperDriver]

I was surprised to see they seemed to use the catapult for these launches. You can just see, at one point, what appears to me to be the launching cable attached to the main gear. I'd sure like to find out more about this type of operation...

Fascinating indeed.

FVD

[jim]

I enjoyed that, many thanks Starman.

[Shawn 507]

Originally Posted by johnnyboy

What like this
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Yeah, are those for real or someones idea of how'd they'd look?
- Shawn

[johnnyboy]

Originally Posted by Shawn 507

Yeah, are those for real or someones idea of how'd they'd look?
- Shawn

They came from a What If site! enjoy
http://www.madoc.us/profiles.html

[Shawn 507]

Good stuff, I like how the guy thinks.
- Shawn

[1250ships]

There is a famous photo of the Manila Bay with her deck full of P-47s under air attack:




A Google search indicates that the Hawaiian Air Depot modified Pacific Theater P-47s to allow catapult launching:

Other early modifications included the installation of catapult-launching equipment and ignition pressurization systems on P-39's and P-40's for the VII Fighter Command. Much later there would be auxiliary wing fuel tanks, catapult-launching equipment, and rocket projectors to be installed on P-47's