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"Big Beautiful Doll"
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Serial #: 44-73979 Construction #: 122-40519 Civil Registration: None Model: P-51D Name: Big, Beautiful Doll Status: Display Last Info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to RCAF as 9246. - BOC: Dec. 6, 1950. - SOC: May 16, 1951. - Grounded after accident, May 16, 1951. - Converted to instructional airframe A-612, May 10, 1955. College Militaire Royale, St. Jean, Quebec, May 10, 1955. RCAF St. Jean, Quebec, 1960. - Displayed as gate guard. Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK, 1968-1987. - Restored for static display, completes Oct. 1973. Imperial War Museum, London, UK, 1989-2002. - Displayed as 472258/WZ-I/Big Beautiful Doll. |
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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. |
Photo Source(s): None Research Assistance: - |
