Merriam Press Military Reprint 11. First Edition (August 2012). This is the pilot's handbook of flight operating instructions for the Republic P-47B Thunderbolt fighter powered with the R-2800-1 engine, issued by the Air Service Command, Air Force Section, Patterson Field, Fairfield, Ohio, in September 1942. Contents: Description; Pilot Operating Instructions; Flight Operation Data; Communications Equipment; Armament; Operation of Oxygen Equipment; Appendix: USA-British Glossary of Nomenclature; 44 photos and illustrations; 5 charts.