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WHATS NEW FOR THE WRG - DECEMBER 2006

Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:22 am

As usual the Registry will be under constant construction and images and information are more than welcome and can be sent to submit@REMOVEwarbirdregistry.org.

All other submissions should be sent to editor@REMOVEwarbirdsresourcegroup.org

(make sure you take out the REMOVE before sending)

Thanks for all the support,
Scott WRG Editor
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UPDATED FILES:

Warbird Registry
Avenger - Bu. 85890 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
B-25 Mitchell - 41-30792 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
BT-13 Valiant - 41-22441 - Created Dec 17, 2006
C-45 Expeditor - 51-11804 - Created Dec. 3, 2006
Corsair - Bu. 13459 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
Corsair - Bu. 97369 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
F4F Wildcat - Bu. 12114 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
Fury - VR930 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006
Harvard - RCAF 2784 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
P-38 Lightning - 44-53095 - "Putt Putt Maru" - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
P-51 Mustang - 44-12852 - "Frenesi" - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
P-51 Mustang - 44-63350 - "Lou IV" - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
P-51 Mustang - 44-63864 - "Twilight Tear" - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
P-51 Mustang - 67-22580 - "Six-Shooter" - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
P-61 Black Widow - 43-8330 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
PBY Catalina - Bu. 02459 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
PBY Catalina - Bu. 46633 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
PBY Catalina - Bu. 48287 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
PBY Catalina - Bu. 48375 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
PBY Catalina - Bu. 64092 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
SNJ-4 - Bu. 10297 - Created Dec. 3, 2006
SNJ-4 - Bu. 27119 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
Spitfire - JG891 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
Spitfire - MJ271 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
Spitfire - RW386 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
Spitfire - TP285 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
Texan - 41-17262 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
Texan - 41-34382 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
Texan - 42-84266 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
Texan - 44-81819 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
Texan - 44-81920 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
Texan - 49-3221 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
Texan - 51-14394 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006

Post WWII Recips/Turboprop:
O-2 Skymaster - 68-11055 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
OV-10 Bronco - Bu. 155459 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
P-2 Neptune - Bu. 140980 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
P-2 Neptune - Bu. 145903 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
P-2 Neptune - Bu. 147968 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
P-2 Neptune - Bu. 148339 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
P-2 Neptune - Bu. 150283 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
P-3 Orion - Bu. 151377 - Created Dec. 3, 2006
S-2 Tracker - Bu. 136560 - Created Dec. 3, 2006
S-2 Tracker - Bu. 136567 - Created Dec. 3, 2006
T-28 Trojan - Bu. 138171 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006
T-28 Trojan - Bu. 138187 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006
T-28 Trojan - Bu. 138339 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006
T-28 Trojan - Bu. 140012 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006
T-28 Trojan - Bu. 140536 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006
T-28 Trojan - Bu. 140659 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
T-28 Trojan - 51-3530 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006


Jet Registry
A-7 Corsair II - Bu. 159261 - Created Dec. 3, 2006
A-7 Corsair II - Bu. 159278 - Created Dec. 3, 2006
B-52 "BUFF" - 52-8711 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006
B-52 "BUFF" - 56-0687 - Revised Dec. 5, 2006
Buccaneer - XV865 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006
Canberra - WF922 - Created Dec. 17, 2006
F-4 Phantom II - 63-7485 - Created Dec. 17, 2006
F-4 Phantom II - 63-7704 - Created Dec. 17, 2006
F-4 Phantom II - 65-0608 - Created Dec. 17, 2006
F-4 Phantom II - 69-0372 - Created Dec. 17, 2006
F-15 Eagle - 85-0125 - Created Dec. 5, 2006
F-84 - 51-1786 - Created Dec. 3, 2006
F-100 Super Sabre - 54-1753 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
F-102 Delta Dart - 56-2352 - Created Dec. 3, 2006
FGR.2 Phantom II - XV586 - Created Dec. 3, 2006
Sea Harrier - ZE694 - Created Dec. 17, 2006
Hunter - XE627 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006
Hunter - XL573 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
Hunter - XL600 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006
Hunter - WV372 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006
Javelin - XA699 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006
Jet Provost - XW324 - Created Dec. 17, 2006
Meteor - VZ608 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006
Meteor - WH364 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006
Meteor - WM167 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006
Sea Vixen - XJ579 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006
Sea Vixen - XN685 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006
T-39 Sabreliner - Bu. 151338 - Revised Dec. 3, 2006
T-2 Buckeye - Bu. 159165 - Created Dec. 3, 2006
Vulcan - XJ824 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006
Vulcan - XL360 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006

Helo Registry
H-21 Shawnee - 53-4367 - Created Dec. 17, 2006
HH-52 Sea Guardian - Created Dec. 17, 2006
UH-1 Iroquois - 66-16873 - Created Dec. 3, 2006


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Last edited by Scott Rose on Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:19 pm, edited 9 times in total.

Mon Dec 04, 2006 11:06 am

The entry for P-51D 44-63864 is not correct. Two a/c have used this serial # and both of them are still registred as 44-63864. G-CBNM in the UK and N42805 in the US. The phase where we are talking about one airframe would be this entry:

The known history of 44-63864.
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.

Then the two different a/c which both claims to be 63864 have these two individual histories from demob from the IDFAF.

44-63864 as currently owned by TFC, Duxford, UK
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, Herzlia, 1978-1984.
- Powerplant rebuilt by David Zeuschel/Zeuschel Raging Engines, Sylmar, CA.
- First flight, Herzlia, Feb. 5, 1984.
- Registered as 4X-AIM, Feb. 1984.
Stephen Grey, Geneva, Switzerland, Sep. 30, 1986
Novida AB/Flygexpo, Malmo, Sweden, Oct. 30, 1986-2002.
- Registered as SE-BKG.
- Delivered to Malmo, Dec. 23, 1986.
- Flew as RSAF/Fv26158.
Dukes of Brabant, Eindhoven, Netherlands. (on loan del. Sep. 94)
- Flew as R Neth. East Indies AF "N3-615", 1995.
- Returned to Flygexpo. Flew as RSAF/Fv26158.
The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, March. 2002-2003.
- Registered as G-CBNM.

44-63864 as currently owned by Ron Fagen, Minnesota, USA
IAI, Lod airport, surplus for sale, 1960
William P. Lear Jr./Lear Inc., Los Angeles, CA, July 18, 1960.
- delivered Tel Aviv - Athens - Geneva Dec. 1960
William R. Pearce, Fullerton, CA, Dec. 11, 1962.
- Crashed Keflavik, Iceland during ferry flight June 6, 1963. Pilot Roger Gaston Arnoult killed.
- Wreck stored Keflavik, Iceland. Moved to the US in 1989.
Cham S. Gill, Central Point, OR, May. 1991.
- Registered as N42805.
Kenneth A. Hake, Tipton, KS, 1992.
Ron Fagen, Granite Falls, MN Oct. 14, 2005.

As to which of these two P-51s that is the real 44-63864 will probarbly be discussed for many years to come!

T J
Last edited by T J Johansen on Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:51 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Mon Dec 04, 2006 12:15 pm

Man I hate Mustang histories, they are such a convoluted mess :)

Sun Dec 17, 2006 10:35 am

Mainly Trojans and Jets for this update, plus a couple of helos

Re: WHATS NEW FOR THE WRG - DECEMBER 2006

Sun Dec 17, 2006 12:53 pm

F-4 Phantom II - 63-7485 - Created Dec. 17, 2006


FWIW, just a little nit-picking as I know there is a lot of confusion...

Warner Robins is the town, there is the WR-ALC (Warner Robins Air Logistics Center), and then Robins AFB. There is no Warner-Robins AFB! :wink:

The Museum of Aviation is located only seven miles east of I-75, near Robins Air Force Base.


http://www.robins.af.mil/

Robins Air Force Base is the home of Warner Robins Air Logistics Center...


Dead link:

Meteor - VZ608 - Revised Dec. 17, 2006


On another note, the Yanks P-47D is merely in storage in another hangar since the P-47M is already on display:

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p47regis ... 49346.html

Excellent work as usual Scott! Ready for another data dump coming your way? :)
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