P-47 carrier capable?

[renrich]

Which Corsair, which P47, what altitude, what load, what mission, too many variables for an answer.

[antoni]

318 FG USS Manilla Bay. Note theatre markings, stripes across the fuselage tailplanes, fin/rudder. Front of cowlings and wing tips also painted in the same colour. Ailerons as well? Presumably each squadron used a different colour. That of the 73 FS appears to have been white. Aircraft’s number painted on inner side of wheel hub.

[antoni]

Spittin Kitten 73 FS 318 FG.

[antoni]

Sonny Boy.

[antoni]

Cannot read the name on this one. Note face painted on the drop/ferry tank and number painted on inner face of the wheel hub. Tyre walls appear to have been painted white.

[antoni]

73 FS after landing in Siapan July 1944. Aircraft in the background belonged to Lt Cormier.

[Glider]

Unless my eyes deceive me, those P47's were catapulted off the deck which says something about how strong the P47 was.
I have never seen or heard of a catapult being attached like that.

[wh1skea]

That was how tail draggers were catapulted. Search for Korean War pic of Corsairs being catapulted. They're done the same way.

Lets not forget the Mustang that the Navy tested for carrier ops. It was fitted with arrestor hook and the like.