P-47 Thunderbolt covered in plastic coating for shipment overseas. Image stamped on reverse: 'Associated press.' [stamp] and 'Passed for publication 19 Jul 1944.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse: '7/5/44 AMERICA AT WAR. A US WAR PLANE "DRESSED" FOR AN OCEAN VOYAGE. Wearing its seagoing plastic "raincoat" this US P-47 Thunderbolt fighter-bomber is ready for shipment to join one of the constantly growing Allied aerial fleets. The plastic coat, applied by spray, protects the plane against the weather in transit and is quickly peeled off at its destination. A deadly fighter, the P-47 has established it superiority over the best planes of the Luftwaffe and has scored one-sided victories over Japanese fighters. When not engaged in escorting Allied bombers on long-distance raids, the Thunderbolt swoops down to tree-top levels to destroy enemy installations and transportation. Or it can replace extra fuel tanks with two 1,000 pound (450 Kilogram) bombs, the heaviest bomb load of any single engine fighter. With its speed of over 400 miles (640 Kilometre) an hour, it is a terror as a dive bomber. NOT FOR USE IN WESTERN HEMISPHERE.'