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Serial #: 44-65162 Construction #: 123-43748 Civil Registration: N12102 Model: F-82B Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2002 |
History: USAFM, Lackland, AFB, TX, 1955-1965. CAF/Commemorative Air Force, Mercedes/Harlingen, TX, 1966-2002. - Ferried Lackland AFB to Mercedes, TX, 1966. - Registered as N12102, Jan. 31, 1968. - Restored to airworthy. - Flew as 465162/PQ-162. - Damaged in crash landing after stall, right gear collapsed, Harlingen, TX, Oct. 10, 1987. - Damaged repaired except for propellor unit. - Stored pending restoration to fly - Airfreighted to MCAS Miramar, CA, by C-5A, Nov. 18, 2000. - Trucked to San Diego-Gillespie Field, CA, Nov. 20, 2000. - Planned restoration by CAF Air Group One. Museum Of Flight, Santa Monica, CA, Sept. 2002. - Restoration Project. |
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
P-82 Squadron, www.p82.org/index.html, 2002.
Photo Source(s):
Steve Tournay, 1992.