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"Twilight Tear"
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Serial #: 44-63864 Construction #: 122-31590 Civil Registration: 4X-AIM SE-BKG N42805 G-CBNM Model: P-51D-20NA Name: Twilight Tear Status: Airworthy Last info: 2004 |
History: Built by NAA at Inglewood Plant, 1944. Delivered to USAAF as 44-63864, Dec. 1944. - Served with 8th AF/78th FG/83rd FS. - Flown by Lt. Hubert Davis as Twilight Tear/HL*W. Delivered to Royal Swedish AF as Fv26158, June 17, 1949. - Served with F16 at Uppsala coded K. - Later served with F4 at Ostersund. Henry Wallenburg & Co, Feb. 9, 1953. - Overhauled by Svenska, Flygverkstaderna, Malmo. Delivered to IDFAF as 38, 1953-1961. Israeli Air Force Museum, 19??-1978. - Reported open storage, Herzlia, Israel, 1978. Israel Itzhaki, Sde-Dov (later Herzlia), Israel, March 1978-1986. - Restored to airworthy, Herzilia, 1978-1984. -- Powerplant rebuilt by David Zeuschel/Zeuschel Raging Engines, Sylmar, CA. - First flight, Herzlia, Feb. 5, 1984. - Registered as 4X-AIM, Feb. 1984. Novida AB/Flygexpo, Malmo, Sweden, Dec. 1986-1990. - Registered as SE-BKG. - Delivered to Malmo, Dec. 23, 1986. - Flew as RSAF/Fv26158. Cham S. Gill, Central Point, OR, May. 1991. - Registered as N42805. Kenneth A. Hake, Tipton, KS, 1992. The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, March. 2002-2003. - Registered as G-CBNM. |
Information in purple is unconfirmed but believed to be correct.
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. |
Photo Source(s): Matt Houlbrooke Caz Caswell Research Assistance: Paul Coggan. Stephen Grey. |
