c/n 93F-12000. Full US military serial 42-27385. The P-47M was intended as a high-speed P-47 variant with the intention of engaging the German V-1 Flying-bomb threat. This is the first of the four YP-47M prototypes, converted in 1944 from standard P-47D airframes by fitting with an R-2800-57(C) engine and General Electric CH-5 Turbo-supercharger. It was also fitted with air-brakes, for use following a dive attack on other aircraft. It had an impressive top speed of 473mph. 133 production aircraft were built, all serving with the 56th Fighter Group. They were responsible for the seven jets shot down by the unit, although the highly tuned engines proved to be unreliable in the field. On display in Hangar 1 at the Yanks Air Museum, Chino, California, USA