Timeline Assignment

By Treye.oliver

  • Japeniese attack Pearl Harbor

    The attack on Pearl Harbor was intended to neutralize the U.S. Pacific Fleet, and hence protect Japan's advance into Malaya and the Dutch East Indies, where it sought access to natural resources such as oil and rubber

  • Republic aviatio announces airplane assembly

  • Ground is Broken for Republic Aviation Plant and Office

  • The Evansville Airport is leased to the public

  • Republic Aviation office opened

  • First Evansville P-47 is flown, The Hoosier Spirit

  • P-47-D aircraft assembly line begins operation

  • Modification Center begins operation

  • P-47's entering combat in England-Europe

  • President roosevelt visits city

  • Lt. Herbert Fields, a brave man, is first to fly his P-47 carrying a bomb, it worked just fine

  • Republic increases production 300% from previous July, absenteeism was a factor

  • 1,000th Evansville P-47 is completed, named the "Tojo Special"

  • Republic Aviation Corp has highest fighter production

  • P-47's now flying with 2 1`000-pound bombs attachted

  • Republic Aviation has a backlog of 275 P-47's stored on airport grass field areas

  • Backog of P-47's back to normal as vast ferry movemnent has taken place 60 pilots take place

  • P-47 loses power over field and glides between tree and house and avoiding serious injur to anyone

  • Republic Aviation has open hiuse for 25,000 employees and family members

  • Republic Aviation wins the E- Award

  • P-47's chance to bubble canopy

  • Two p-47's bump wings and crash near inglefield north of airport no injuries

  • Modification builds two seat P-47's for training use nicknamed the "Doublebolt"

  • 5 Thunderbolts have a "private" air show for republic aviation employees

  • 3,000th Evansville P-47 completed (this was the day it was announced)

  • Walter Cockroft, age 17, killed at republic aviation by walking into spinning propeller

  • Lt. Herbert Fielfs, a brave man, is first to fly his p-47 carrying a bomb, it worked just fine

  • Republic Aviation corp completes 10,00 and 10,001 _P-47's at NY and Evansvilleplants

  • Republic Aviation wins 2nd E- award

  • Modification builds water cooled Xp-47 with water cooled CHrysler engine

  • Retooling underwway to bbuild engine cowlings for B-29 Superfortresses

  • Republic announces cost reduction of one P-47 from 68,750 to 45,600 from 1942 to 1945

  • Famed south pacific P-47 fighter" the jackie" returns home to Evansvile Plant for two weeks display

  • 5,000th Evansville P-47 completeed, The "Grandiana", man hours cut from 23,000 to 6,300

  • Torndao hits city. Damages several p-47s, warps tails and breaks a hundred blue window panes

  • Republic Aviation wins 3rd E-Award

  • Test Pilot Wm Moose was killed as he crashed his P-47 into field 3 miles SW of new Harmony

  • 1st Evansville P-47-N model is flown, change- over was smooth without any lines shutdown

  • Republic Aviation corporation completes its 15,000th P-47

  • 6,000th Evansville P-47

  • Republc Aviation announces closure of Evansville plant

  • Republic Aviation plant is offered for sale or lease

  • Employment at the evansville plant is 250 people

  • The last P-47 is flown from evansville plant it was the 6,670 P-47

  • 14 P-47's given to regional schools and colleges

  • International Harvester buys Republic Avaition

  • The IH plant still contains equipment used in P-47 production by RA

  • International Harvester sells plant and facilities to Whirlpool-Seeger

  • Whirlpool Seeger is the largest city