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Re: While we're on the subject, u have seen this PaulC

Posted by Paul on Wed Feb 13, 2002 11:10:35 AM

In reply top While we're on the subject, u have seen this PaulC posted by Tony on Wed Feb 13, 2002 10:30:17 AM

: From the Mustangs2 pale imitation board :0)
:
: In Reply to: Re: Mustangs in USAAF posted by Ted on Januar
: y 20, 2002 at 07:10:02:
:
: Hi Ted.
: Thank you for the information.
: My data of the IAF mustangs which came from Sweden,Came fr
: om a book once published in Sweden.This book lists all of
: the Swedish mustangs.
: As for the ones went to Israel,Some of them have USAAF his
: tory,Some not.
: Is it possible that those without USAAF history and deploy
: ment did not see any combat?
:
: As for P-51 "YELLOW KILO" owned by Flygexpo and now for sa
: le:
:
: In the Flygexpo web site we can see the aircraft history.I
: t says that it was 44-63864,HL-W with 78 grp,83 sqn 8 af,T
: han Swedish AF 26158,And notes that there is a plate in th
: e aft part of the tail with the number 26158.
: O.K.Till now.The WARBIRDS book says that this aircraft,IAF
: S/N 54 was sold when SOC to Bill Lear (Learjets...)in 196
: 3 and crashed in Keflavik,Iceland.Last owner of the wreck
: was Ken Hake of Tipton,Kansas,Acft registration N42805.
: I know two facts:1.The man who restored the acft to flying
: condition (Israel Yitshaki)built it with parts of P-51 #
: 41 2.In order to get Israeli CofA,Yitshaki bought MFR plat
: es (Those on the cockpit)from a Mustang crashed in Iceland
: .
: But the mystery gets bigger when my records say that the h
: ulk of Mustang # 41 was recovered by Robert Lamplough from
: Kibutz Palmahim in Israel in 1976,And the last info is th
: at Mr.Noel Robinson and David Laight were restoring it in
: Tees-Side Airport,England in 1992.
: Mr.Yitshaki refuses to say ANYTHING.Can you help to solve
: the mystery?

Hadn't seen it - sounds a bit far fetched to me! But I will have a look

Thanks Tony

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