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The XP-47A was an Allison-powered experiment that led to the initial production P-47B, first flown in May 1941. Wartime required mass production, initially with P-47C variants featuring a strengthened airframe and some engine changes. However, the Farmingdale, New York, factory could not meet demands so Republic opened the Evansville, Indiana, plant producing nearly identical D models. The factory-specific designation mirrored the P-51B/C at two North American factories. However, for reasons equally obscure, the Army dubbed the Curtiss-built Jugs the P-47G. Meanwhile, tests were conducted on the P-47E with a pressurized cockpit and the F with a laminar-flow wing. Fighters needed greater range for bomber escort, so a succession of D models accepted external fuel tanks, and late-block razorbacks (D-22 onward) received broader propellers. The classic Jug of course was the…