Thunderbolt
- IMDb link: 0038171
- IMDb rating: 6.6 (807 votes) Search
- Genres: War, Short, History, Documentary
- Director: John Sturges, William Wyler
- Cast: James Stewart, Lloyd Bridges, Eugene Kern, Ira C. Eaker, John K. Cannon and others
- Release date: 26 Jul 1947
- Release year: 1947
- Runtime: 44 minutes
- Country: United States
- Keywords: world war two, fascist italy, thunderbolt, aerial attack, air raid, bombing, bridge, train, target, fighter pilot
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A WW2 documentary on the P-47 Thunderbolt fighter/bomber pilots in missions (Operation Strangle) from their base in Corsica to Northern Italy in 1944, destroying railroads, bridges, trains, vehicles and hard targets.
A documentary series on the operations of the 57th Fighter Group in 1944. Stationed in Corsica, their missions largely consisted of low-level attacks on the Italian mainland, far behind the front-line. Their targets were German supplies and the infrastructure carrying it. This was part of Operation Strangle, the idea of which was to weaken the German front-line forces through depriving them of supplies, thus helping the Allied offensive through Italy. The 57th Fighter Group flew one of the greatest fighter-bombers of the war, the iconic Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
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