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Serial #: 42-8066 Construction #: ? Civil Registration: None Model: P-47D Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to USAAF as 42-8066, 19??. - Allocated to 460th FG/340th FS. - Flew as "Sweetwater Swatter". - Force landing with wheels up, in Fairfax swamp near Port Moresby, Oct. 1, 1943. - Minor damaged but abandoned. William G. Chapman/PNG War Museum, 1971-1972. - Recovered from swamp during dry seasons, 1966-1968. - Track graded to site. - Wings sawn off, fuselage cut into sections. - Trucked to Port Moresby. - Open storage dismantled, 19691-975. Kokoda Track War Museum, Port Moresby, PNG, 1972. - Planned display. D'E. Charles Darby, Auckland, NZ, 1975-1991. - Loaned to Museum of Transport & Technology, Auckland, NZ, 1980-1991. -- Assembled and displayed as 428066. RNZAF Museum, Wigram AB, Christchurch, NZ, 1991-1995. - Stored dismantled. Robert Greinert/Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, Sydney, Australia, 1995-2002. - Airfreighted to Sydney in RNZAF C-130. - Under restoration to airworthiness. |
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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): Tracey Smiley. Dave McDonald. |
