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World War ||
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Japanese Bomb Pearl Harbor
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Ground is broken for Republic Aviation plant and office
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Ground is broken for Republic Aviation plant and office
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Elder Brooks,an African American, is 1st local civilian death when hit by falling steel at Republic
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P-47-D aircraft assembly line began operation;P-47-D model production will run for 32 months
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Modification Center begins operation
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Lt.Herbert Fields,a brave man, is first to fly his P--47 carring bomb,it worked just fine
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1,000th Evansville P-47 is completed, named the ,"Tojo Special"
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P-47s now flying with 2 1,000 pound bombs at he'd
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Republic Aviation has a backlog of 275 P-47's stored on airport grass field areas
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Republic Aviation wins 1st E-Award
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P-47's chance to bubble canopy
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Two P-47's bump wings and crash near Inglefield north of airport,no injuries
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Modification builds two 2-seat P-47's for training use,nicknamed the "Doublebolt"
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3,000th Evansville P-47 completed (this was the day it was announced)
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Walter Cockroft,age 17,killed at Republic Aviation by walking into spinning propeller
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Republic Aviation wins 2nd E-award
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Modification Bulids water- cooled XP-47 with water cooled Chrysley Engine
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Re-tooling underway to build engine cowings for B-29 Superfortresses
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4,000th Evansville P-47 completed, empoyment is at 8,300 people
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Famed south Pacific P-47 fighter "The Jackie" returns home to Evansville plant for 2 week display
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Republic Aviation wins 3rd E-Award
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Test point Wm Moose was killed as he killed as he crashed his p-47 into field 3 miles SW of New Harmony
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Employment at the Evansville plant is at 250 people
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The last P-47 is flown form Evanville plant,it was the 6,670 P-47
