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While under restoration at Fighter Rebuilders.
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Serial #: 42-19993 Construction #: ? Civil Registration: N139DP Model: P-39Q Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2004 |
History: Delivered to USAAF as 42-19993, 19??. - Assigned to 87th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron/71st Tactical Reconnaissance Group. - Primarily flown by Lt. Peter McDermott, later 1942. - Abandoned after replacement by P-40s. d'E. C. Darby & N. M. Armstrong, Auckland, NZ, 1974. - Recovered from Tadji, West Sepik, PNG, 1974. - Stored Auckland, NZ, 1974-1976. N.M. Armstrong/Australian Aerospace Museum, Essendon Airport, Melbourne, Victoria, 1982-1988. - Static Restoration. - Displayed as "Brooklyn Bum 2nd". Air World facility, Wangaratta, Victoria, 1989. Don Whittington, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 1989-1991. David G. Price/Museum Of Flying, Santa Monica, CA, 1992-1994. - Registered as N139DP. - Restored to airworthy. The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, 1994-2004. - Completely rebuilt to airworthy consition by Steve Hinton's Fighter Rebuilders, Chino, CA, 19??-2004. |
While displayed as Brooklyn Bum 2nd, May 1994.
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Photo Source(s): BDK. Tony Andrews. |
