av Johnny Comstedt » 07 mar 2020, 23:14
Det eksisterar två Mustanger där båda hävdar att ha varit J 26 26158 i Flygvapnet.
Den ena är P-51D-20-NA USAAF 44-63864.
"Meddelande från Svensk Flyghistorisk Förening" nr 7 (oktober) 1964 har på sid 12-19
en artikel av Bo Widfeldt om J 26 där det står att 26158 var ex 44-63864.
Enligt mustangsmustangs.com och mustangsmustangs.net:
1944: Dec 14, accepted by USAAF as 44-63864 - served with 8th AF, 78th FG, 83rd FS as "Twilight Tear". Pilot Hubert Davis, Duxford, England with 3 confirmed kills: 2 Me262, 1 Me109
1945: stored after WWII, Germany
1948: Swedish AF as RSWAF 26158
1953: Feb 09, Israeli AF as IDFAF 23??, carried ferry# 3506 on delivery
1960: Jul 17, N251L, Lear Incorporated / William Lear Jr., Geneva Switzerland
1960: Dec 06, modifications made by Israeli Aircraft Industries
1962: Dec 03, N251L, deregistered in USA for registration in Switzerland, but never registered
1962: Dec 11, N251L, William Pearce, Fullerton CA - acquired from INTEXPORT
1963: May 29, Ferry permit issued by FAA for a ferry flight(s) from Paris France to La Guardia Airport NY
1963: Jun 06, crashed, Keflavik Airport Iceland during landing on 2nd leg of ferry flight from France. Pilot, Roger G Arnoult died a few hour after being transported by helicopter to the hospital. Wreckage stored in Iceland
1970: Nov 23, N251L, Revoked by FAA for not filing FAA Registration forms
1986: Oct 13, Iceland - wreckage was saved from scrap by Petur Jonsson and Michael Valdimarsson. The wreckage was being stored in a scrap yard, awaiting disposal.
1991: Feb 25, Iceland CAA issued a letter stating that the wreckage of N251L was of no commercial value and was released to Petur Jonsson and Michael Valdimarsson of Reykjavik Iceland and considered to be their property.
1991: Feb 25, Cham Gill, Central Point OR, purchased wreckage from Petur Jonsson, Iceland
1991: May 14, N42805, 44-63864, FAA approved documents provided by Cham Gill and issued registration
1991: Jul 29, N42805, Kenneth Hake, Tipton KS
2005: Aug 22, N42805, Ron Fagen, Granite Falls MN
Där står också: The data plate from my P-51D, N-251L, which crashed in Iceland, was apparently removed by someone as it is no longer there and, I am told, there is evidence of it having been chiseled off.
Denna individ "skall" alltså vara f.d. 26158, men det finns ingen tillverkningsskylt längre som kan bevisa identiteten. Den räknas dock officiellt som f.d. 44-63864.
Den andra är P-51K-10-NT USAAF 44-12016.
Enligt mustangsmustangs.com och mustangsmustangs.net:
P-51 Identity Confusion in Israel. 2 P-51s using serial# 44-63864
At some point 44-63864 was registered 4X-AIM in Israel.
1986: SE-BKG, Novida AB/Flygexpo, Sweden
Upon arrival in Sweden, paint was stripped, and it is reported that Swedish markings were found on the wings. In the tail the placard with the RSwAF number of 26158 was reported to be found.
2002: March/April, sold, The Fighter Collection, Duxford UK, ferried (flown) to the UK in early April 2002.
2002: Apr 29, G-CBNM, Stephen Grey / Fighter Collection, Duxford UK, registry as 44-63864
2003: flying as "Twilight Tear", former WWII 78th FG colors.
2007: N98CF, Dan Friedkin, Houston TX
Serial# changed to 44-12016.
2011: June, shipped to Duxford for the July Flying Legends.
Denna individ är alltså f.d. SE-BKG.
Det intressanta är att det står att svenska nationalitetsbeteckningar samt numret 26158 rapporterades efter att planet anlände till Sverige.
Är det någon som kan bekräfta detta sista?
Det skulle i så fall kullkasta omregisteringen 44-63864 -> 44-12016 ovan .
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Johnny Comstedt 18 mar 2020, 00:01, redigerad totalt 1 gång.