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Republic Aviation Evansville Timeline
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Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
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Republic Aviation announces airplane assembly plant next to Evansville Airport
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The Evansville Airport is leased to Repubic Aviation for $1 a year
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First Evansville P-47 is flown, The Hoosier Spirit
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P-47-D aircraft assembly line begins operation; P-47-D model production will run for 32 months
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P-47s entering combat in England Euorpe
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President Roosevelt vists city, tours Republic Aviation, sees shipyard & ordinance by train
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5 Thunderbolts have a "private" air show for Republic Aviation employees
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Lt. Herbert Fields is first to fly his P-47 carrying a bomb, it worked just fine
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1,000th Evansville P-47 is completed, named the "Tojo Special"
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Republic Aviation Corp has hignest fighter production totals of all US aircraft plants: Evansville has the highest efficiency
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Republic Avaition has open house for 25,000 employees and family members
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Republic Aviation wins 1st E-Award
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P-47s change to bubble canopy
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2,000th Evansville P-47 completed
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3,000th Evansville P-47 completed
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Republic Aviation wins 2nd E-Award
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Republic announces cost reduction of one P-47 from $68,750 to $45,600 from 1942 to 1945
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Famed south Pacific P-47 "The Jackie" returns home to Evansville plant for 2 weeks display
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Republic Aviation wins 3nd E-Award
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1st P-47-N is flown, change-over was smooth without any lines shutdown
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6,000th Evansville P-47 completed
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Employment at the Evansville plant is at 250 people
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14 P-47s given to regional schools and collages
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International Harvester buys Republic Aviation Plant for 5,648,000
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The IH Plant still contains equipment used in P-47 production by RA, Servel & Hoosier Cardinal
