# P-47 Thunderbolt

Fighter-bomber. Eight guns. One sturdy airframe.

Object · Fictionalized · Established

Stable ID: `margin-aces-aircraft-p47` · Revision 2 · Updated 2026-10-30

Context: [Margin Aces](/field-guide/collections/margin-aces/)

[Web page](/field-guide/entities/margin-aces-aircraft-p47/) · [JSON record](/field-guide/entities/margin-aces-aircraft-p47/record.json)

## At a glance

- A sturdy airframe and broad gun line. Hold a lane, then spend ordnance when it closes. In this notebook its specialty is four-gun wall. All twelve aircraft are available from the hangar; the selection is a playful comparison of handling, not a reconstruction of historical opposing forces.

- Real aircraft design · fictional arcade handling and matchups.

## Appearances

- [Margin Aces encyclopedia](/gamelab/projects/marginaces/) (context: [Margin Aces](/field-guide/collections/margin-aces/))

- [Margin Aces: About the Machine](/tiltlab/machines/margin-aces/about.html): Named in this published page.

## Dated changes

- 2026-10-30: Added from the named source to the Field Guide.

## Open questions

- Can two P-47Ds look different and still share the same model letter? Yes. Early D models had a razorback fuselage; later ones had a bubble canopy. Production changes do not always produce a new headline designation.

## Sources

- [Margin Aces encyclopedia](/gamelab/projects/marginaces/)

## Reference library

### Source reference

![P-47 Thunderbolt, from the Margin Aces aircraft sprite.](/field-guide/assets/references/margin-aces-aircraft-p47/01-notebook-aircraft-v1-1200.webp)

P-47 Thunderbolt, from the Margin Aces aircraft sprite.

[Download full-size image](/field-guide/assets/references/margin-aces-aircraft-p47/01-notebook-aircraft-v1.webp) · [Original project image](/gamelab/marginaces.html) · v1 · SHA-256: `532eeb58b8466357d8453ec90da2e1dfc380a84ce121a4bd2c2a62ec6f1fec34`