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"No Guts No Glory"
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Serial #: 45-49192 Construction #: 39955731 Civil Registration: N47DD N147PF Model: P-47D-40-RA Name: No Guts No Glory Status (2002): Airworthy Last info: 2008 |
History: Built at Republic's Evansville, IN, factory, 1945. - Allocated to Air Training Command. - Removed from active service and stored at Tinker AFB, OK. Delivered to FA Peruana as FAP119, 1953. - Purchased for $1. - Restored at Hensley Field, TX before delivery. - Used as fighter and then as a trainer. - Withdrawn from service and stored at Piura Air Base in the open until 1969. Vintage Aircraft International Ltd, Nyack, NY, 1969-1975. - Registered as N47DD. - One of six aircraft recovered by Ed Jurist from Peru, along with 45 tons of spares. - Shipped by sea from Peru to Harlingen, TX, arriving Sep. 5, 1969 on SS Rosaldina. - Assembled by CAF, Harlingen, TX, first flight 1972. - Flew as 12AF/86FG/527FS/Grumpy. Military Aircraft Restoration Corp, Chino, CA, Apr. 1975-1980. - Stored Barstow-Dagget, CA, Apr. 1975-1977. Yesterdays Air Force/Kansas Wing, Forbes Field, Topeka, KS, Feb. 1977-Jan. 1980. - Repainted in 56FG/62FS Scheme. Robin Collard, Del Rio, TX, Jan. 1980. - Crashed in Tulsa, OK, during take-off for delivery flight, Feb. 8, 1980 - June 1980. -- Suffered engine failure on take-off. - Wreck trucked to Del Rio, TX. - Parts and spare fuelage gathered for restoration. John Ward, Saugus, CA, June 1980-1984. - Shipped to Tuckee-Tahoe airport, NV. - Restoration Begun. Jim Kirby, 1984. The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, 1984-2002. - Rebuilt at Fighter Rebuilders, Chino, CA. - First flight, Aug. 1985. - Shipped to Duxford, Arriving on Jan. 22, 1986. - Repainted with 78FG/82FS scheme and D-Day Stripes. - Flown as 226671/MX-X/No Guts No Glory! -- These markings representing Lt. Col. Ben Mayo's aircraft (CO 82 Fighter Squadron). Claire Aviation Inc, Wilmington, DE, March 1, 2007-2008. - Registered as N147PF |
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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. Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, 2008. |
Photo Source(s): Tony Chambers Photography. Unknown. Research Assistance: - |
