P-47 / Mexico Air ForceRepublic P 47 Thunderbolt Mexican Air Force model airplane. After World War II, the Mexican Air Force had a large number of combat aircraft like the Beechcraft AT 11 Kansan, North American Aviation B 25 Mitchells, North American Aviation A T 6 Texans, Douglas A 24B Dauntless, and the Republic P 47D Thunderbolts that were received from the United States during the war. In 1947, the Mexican Air Force had gotten a few more war surplus combat aircraft