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

Posted by Stephen Grey on Thu Feb 14, 2002 05:50:34 AM

In reply top Re: While we're on the subject, u have seen this PaulC posted by Paul on Wed Feb 13, 2002 11:10:35 AM

: : From the Mustangs2 pale imitation board :0)
: :
: : In Reply to: Re: Mustangs in USAAF posted by Ted on Janu
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: : 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 o
: f
: : the Swedish mustangs.
: : As for the ones went to Israel,Some of them have USAAF h
: is
: : tory,Some not.
: : Is it possible that those without USAAF history and depl
: oy
: : 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
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: : e aft part of the tail with the number 26158.
: : O.K.Till now.The WARBIRDS book says that this aircraft,I
: AF
: : S/N 54 was sold when SOC to Bill Lear (Learjets...)in 1
: 96
: : 3 and crashed in Keflavik,Iceland.Last owner of the wrec
: k
: : was Ken Hake of Tipton,Kansas,Acft registration N42805.
: : I know two facts:1.The man who restored the acft to flyi
: ng
: : condition (Israel Yitshaki)built it with parts of P-51
: #
: : 41 2.In order to get Israeli CofA,Yitshaki bought MFR pl
: at
: : es (Those on the cockpit)from a Mustang crashed in Icela
: nd
: : .
: : But the mystery gets bigger when my records say that the
: h
: : ulk of Mustang # 41 was recovered by Robert Lamplough fr
: om
: : Kibutz Palmahim in Israel in 1976,And the last info is
: th
: : at Mr.Noel Robinson and David Laight were restoring it i
: n
: : Tees-Side Airport,England in 1992.
: : Mr.Yitshaki refuses to say ANYTHING.Can you help to solv
: e
: : the mystery?
:
: Hadn't seen it - sounds a bit far fetched to me! But I wil
: l have a look
:
: Thanks Tony

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