[MarkSheppard]

P-47D Thunderbolt

Following the Treaty of Rio in September 1947, significant quantities of US warplanes arrived in South America to re-equip South American Air Forces. Venezula received their first six P-47Ds in 1947. A later batch of 22 arrived in 1949. They were prominent in the 1952 incursion by Colombian warships into the Gulf of Venezuela; and they remained in service until fully replaced by the DeHavilland Vampire in 1955.