EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2025 /NL74190, NX4747D, 17-5255/ NX4747D is the lowest one in the frame.

Bernie Vasquez returns after a stunning display, with a dramatic dark sky in the background

Composite airframe.

In fact P-47D 45-49192 which served post-war with the Peruvian Air Force as 545 and 119 before being returned to the US in 1969 and flying again as N47DD in 1973. After crashing in 1980, the wreck was brought to Duxford in 1985 for a complex static restoration. Now displayed as the commander of the 56th FG's Thunderbolt at Boxted during the late stages of WWII

Constructed as P-47D-15-RA 42-23278 by Republic at Evansville, IN and registered N5087V and N347D postwar, this "Razorback" (later P-47Ds had a bubble canopy) was donated to the USAFM by Republic in 1964, having appeared at the Paris Air Show the previous year. By 2004 it had been repainted as the P-47 in which Col. Neel Kearby won the first Medal of Honor awarded to a US fighter pilot, with 22 kills in the Pacific theatre before being shot down over New Guinea in March 1944. The actual fin of his aircraft, named after his red-haired wife, was recovered from the wreck site is shown alongside

Delivered to the USAAF as 45-49205. To the Peru Air Force as 547 in 1953. Later reserialled to 122. Stored at Plura AB from 1963. Shipped to the USA and registered as N47DE in 1969. To Warbirds of Great Britain as G-BLZW in 1979 then to Planes of Fame East, Flying Cloud, Minneapolis, MN as N47DE in 1985. Reregistered as N47RP in 1986. To the Palm Springs Air Museum, CA in 1997. Current on the register in airworthy condition in 2025.

Correct serial is 4110, ex USAAF 42-26762. Flown by the Brazilian Expeditionary Force in Italy as 226762 before being shipped to Brazil in 1945 and being re-serialled as 4110. Used as a ground instructional frame at Base Aerea Curitiba from 1952 and displayed outside the museum since 1989 as '226756' (which was written off in an accident at Santa Cruz in 1946).

This is a composite aircraft made from a P-47N fuselage and parts of N47DD/45-49192 which had crashed in 1980. First flew as N47DD in 1985. Reregistered as G-THUN in 1999, N147PF in 2006 and G-THUN in 2018.

Supplied to the Italian air force. Photo by: Ronald D. H. Campbell via Colin Bookless

The personal aircraft of fighter ace Robert Baseler who commanded the 325th FG. This was the first of two P-47s he flew named Big Stud, the second a bubble canopy P-47D. He also flew a P-40 named Stud and later a P-51 named Little Stud. Photo from: The Robert L. Baseler Fighter Ace Collection/The Museum of Flight

The correct serial is PZT-1012 ex 44-90205. Previously displayed at Zapopan with its original serial and later as PZT-1016 at the Mexican AF HQ in Mexico City. It was moved to the museum in Guadalajara by January 2000.

Built as 42-23278. In use as an instructional airframe at the Hancock College of Aeronautics in California by 1947 and with several different owners until bought by the Republic Aviation Corporation in April 1961. Restored and shipped to Europe to appear at the Paris Salon in 1963, re-registered N347D in March 1964 and subsequently displayed with the USAF Museum at Wright Patterson. Displayed as 42-22668 'Fiery Ginger 1V' since the early 1990s.

"Bonnie" taxiing in after its display at Spirit of St. Louis Air Show 2024. The P-47 built at Evansville was taken on charge by the USAAF on 18 Mar 1944 with s/n 42-27609. Assigned to the 5th AF, it was abandoned at Dobodura airfield on Papua New Guinea in 1944. The razorback represents the aircraft of triple ace Maj William D. Dunham of 460th FS "Black Ram", 348th FG. The unit flew in New Guinea, Netherlands East Indies, the Philippines, Okinawa and from Itazuke, Japan as part of the Occupation Force. The restored aircraft won the Grand Champion Award at Oshkosh in 2023.

Delivered to USAAF as 45-49385. To Fuerza Aerea del Peru, 1953, with s/n 549 later 127 FAPe. Imported from Peru by Ed Jurist/Vintage Aircraft International Ltd, Nyack, NY. Arrived Brownsville, TX, 5 Sept 1969 on board SS Rosaldina. Sold to Tom Friedkin, Palomar, CA keeping c/r N47DF. To Military Aircraft Restoration Corp, Chino, CA. Crashed and rebuilt several times! Now painted as 549385/WZ-A on port side and B-WZ on starboard.