That is a water cooled (Merlin?) version of the P-47 Lightning.
An XP-47H it is. A 2300 hp V-16 water cooled Chrysler engine (the first Hemi that Chrysler ever made, in fact), mated to the P-47 airframe. The bulge under the fuselage is the enormous radiator.
Too easy apparently.
That’s what I thought. A p47 with an online motor but the intake is p51ish
That’s what I thought. A p47 with an online motor but the intake is p51ish
I think you mean Thunderbolt. The Lightning was a twin engine p-38 powered by two Allison v1710 turbo-charged 12 cylinder engines. I don’t think they ever tried the Merlin on that aircraft.