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Under restoration in 1994 (1995, 97 and 99 below).
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Serial #: 45-49346 Construction #: 399-55885 Civil Registration: N3152D Model: P-47D Name: None Status: Displayed Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to Brazilian AF as F-47/4191. - BOC: Sept. 10, 1953. - SOC: 1967. - Displayed in park, Sao Paulo City as 4191/C3, 1968-1975. - Damaged by student riots, Sao Paulo, 1969. FAB Academy, Pirassununga AB, 1987. - Displayed as 4226762/Ca (later 4194/C1). Museu Aerospacial, Campo dos Afonsos, Rio, 1988. Airplane Sales International, Santa Monica (later Beverly Hills), CA, 1988-1990. - Arrived dismantled from Brazil to Chino, CA, Sept. 1988. - One of four airframes acquired. Yankee Air Corps, Chino, CA, Sept. 13, 1991-1992. - Registered as N3152D. Charles F. Nichols/Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA, 1992-2002. - Restored, Chino, CA, 1993-1996. - Displayed as USAAF/549346. Unconfirmed report says this aircraft is no longer there as of May 2002. |
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, Washington D.C., 2002.
Yanks Air Museum, www.yanksair.com, 2002.
Photo Source(s):
Tony Andrews