Editing Republic P-47 Thunderbolt (section)

==In popular culture==
{{Main|Aircraft in fiction#P-47 Thunderbolt}}
[[File:P-47 Thunderbolt 42-25068 2012 (7977124689).jpg|thumb|P-47 Thunderbolt 42-25068 at [[Duxford Air Show]], 2012]]

Broadcast radio interviews of several wartime P-47 pilots appear on the CD audiobook ''USAAF at War 1942–45'', including an account by Lieutenant J. K. Dowling of ground support operations around Cherbourg in June 1944, and a group of four pilots from the 362nd Fighter Wing (Ninth Air Force) in conversation at their mess in Rouvres, France on 24 December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge.<ref>Hayward, James. [http://www.ltmrecordings.com/usaaf1bio.html "USAAF at War (1942-45): Audiobook CD on CD41 label."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305145537/https://www.ltmrecordings.com/usaaf1bio.html |date=2020-03-05 }} ''ltmrecordings.com.'' Retrieved: 6 March 2012.</ref>

''Laughter and Tears'',<ref>{{Cite book|isbn = 1-56550-057-1|title = Laughter and Tears: A Combat Pilot's Sketchbook of World War II Squadron Life|last1 = Rarey|first1 = George|date = June 1996| publisher=Vision Books International }}</ref> by Captain George Rarey, a posthumous publication of letters and sketches from a pilot in the 379th Air group flying P-47s based in England.

The Czech composer [[Bohuslav Martinů]], while in residence in the US wrote an orchestral [[scherzo]] in 1945 entitled ''P-47 Thunderbolt'' (H 309) in tribute to the aircraft and its role in World War II.

Other media include ''Thunderbolt'', a 1947 color [[documentary film]] directed by [[John Sturges]] and [[William Wyler]], featuring [[James Stewart]] and [[Lloyd Bridges]] and narrated by [[Robert Lowery (actor)|Robert Lowery]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038171/ "Thunderbolt (1947)".] imdb.com. Retrieved: 21 November 2009.</ref> The film ''[[Fighter Squadron]]'' (1948) depicts a P-47 Thunderbolt unit.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040353/ "Fighter Squadron (1948)".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211055744/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040353/ |date=2017-02-11 }} ''imdb.com''. Retrieved: 21 November 2009.</ref>

"Thunderbolts: The Conquest of the Reich", a 2001 television documentary presented by the [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History Channel]]. Director Lawrence Bond depicted the last months of World War II over Germany as told by four P-47 pilots of the 362nd Fighter Group using original, all color 1945 footage. The P-47 Thunderbolt was the subject of an episode of the ''World's Deadliest Aircraft'' series broadcast by the [[Military Channel]].

Lieutenant Colonel Robert Samuel Johnson collaborated with aviation author Martin Caidin to write his autobiographical story of the 56th Fighter Group, ''Thunderbolt!,'' in 1958. Johnson scored 27 kills in the P-47 while flying with the 56th Fighter Group.

In 2015, it was named the state aircraft of Indiana due to its Evansville roots.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.14news.com/story/29399467/p-47-thunderbolt-named-official-state-aircraft-of-indiana/ |title=P-47 Thunderbolt Named Official State Aircraft of Indiana |date=June 24, 2015 |access-date=September 1, 2019 |publisher=[[WFIE-TV]] |archive-date=September 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901044958/https://www.14news.com/story/29399467/p-47-thunderbolt-named-official-state-aircraft-of-indiana/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It is the namesake of the [[Evansville Thunderbolts]] minor league hockey team.