P-47 Thunderbolt Dottie MaeRepublic P 47 Dottie Mae airplane model. A World War Two P 47 aircraft called Dottie Mae has been lovingly restored after a crash in the last days of the war. The Dottie Mae survived the entire war serving in more than 90 missions. She tragically crashed, not in action, but on a celebratory flight over Austria in the final days of the war. The P 47 was being flown by pilot Lieutenant Henry Mohr over Austria. Mohr came in low, but too low, and hit the