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Serial #: 45-49181 Construction #: 399-55720 Civil Registration: N47DC N159LF N444SU Model: P-47D Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2003 |
History: Delivered to FA Peruana as 539, later FAP115. - BOC: Mar. 1953. - Open storage, Piura AB, Peru, 1963-1969. Ed Jurist/Vintage Aircraft International Ltd., Nyack, NY, 1969-1975. - Registered as N47DC. - Arrived on SS Rosaldina, Brownsville, TX, Sep. 5, 1969. - Assembled by CAF, Harlingen, TX, First flight Aug. 28, 1972. - Flew as 420473/FT-L. David Tallichet/Military Aircraft Restoration Corp, Chino, CA, Apr. 1975-1977. - Stored Barstow-Daggett, CA, 1975-1977 Lester Friend, Carlsbad, CA, Apr. 1977-1979. - Registered as N159LF, 1978. - Flew as 549181/LD-F. Preston Parish, Kalamazoo, MI, July 26, 1979. Preston Parish/Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Kalamazoo, MI, Mar. 1983-2003. - Flew as 226418/HV-A. - Registered as N444SU. - Maintained and displayed in airworthy condition but not flown. |
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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. Pat Carry. John A. Ceglarek Photo Source(s): Caz Caswell. Tony Andrews Unknown |
