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From a long evolutionary process the first of the new fighters, designated the XP-47B, flew on 6 May 1941, and the production model, the P-47B, in March 1942. By the summer of 1942 the 56th Fighter Group (later to be the leading USAAF group with the highest number of air combat victories during the Second World War) took delivery of the first batch prior to their moving to Europe.
By early 1943 production was switched to the definitive P-47D which had a turbo charged engine, more armour and an increased weapon load. It also introduced the distinctive 'bubble' canopy. The total production figure for the P-47D alone was 12,600 and it served with the air forces of Australia, Brazil, France and the Soviet Union as well as with the RAF and the USAAF.
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