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P-39D/41-6951

Serial #: 41-6951
Construction #: 15-290
Civil Registration:
  None
Model: P-39D
Name: Erminie
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2002
   History:
Forced landing near Weipa, Queensland, May 1, 1942.
- Abandoned until 1972.
- Recovered by Cairns Aircraft Recovery Group, Sep. 1972.
Sid Beck/Townsville Aero Musum, Queensland, 1972-1987.
- Restored for static display.
Sid Beck/Beck Military Collection, Mareeba, Queensland, 1987-2002.
- Displayed as USAAC/16951/"Erminie".
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
 Photo Source(s):
None.