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Serial #: 42-20869 Construction #: 26E-324 Civil Registration: NX92848 N9284 Model: P-39Q Name: None Status: Destroyed Last info: 1968 |
History: Bell Aircraft Corp, Buffalo, NY, 1946. Skylanes Unlimited Inc, Niagara Falls, NY, 1946-1949. - Registered as NX92848. - Flew as race #84/Cobra II. -- Piloted by Tex Johnson. Rollin H. Stewart/Stewart Sales Corp, Indianapolis, IN, Aug. 1947-1960. - Flew as race #11/KF-1. -- Piloted by Jay Denning, 1947-1948. -- Crash landed, Indianapolis, stored damaged, Nov. 1948-1960. Ed Maloney/The Air Museum, Claremont, CA, 1960-1967. - Registered as N9284. - Trucked from Indiana to Claremont, CA. - Restored for static display as "Pistol Packin Mama", Ontario, CA. Michael D. Carroll, Long Beach, CA, 1967-1968. - Rebuilt as highly modifed racer "Cobra III". - Crashed on first test flight, Seal Beach, CA, Aug. 10, 1968. -- Carroll bailed out but was killed. |
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Source(s): Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Photo Source(s): None. |
