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Sorry Stephen, your replies missing........:0) N/T
Posted by Tony on Thu Feb 14, 2002 06:40:19 AM
In reply top 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
: : : From the Mustangs2 pale imitation board :0)
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: : : In Reply to: Re: Mustangs in USAAF posted by Ted on Ja
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: : : Hi Ted.
: : : Thank you for the information.
: : : My data of the IAF mustangs which came from Sweden,Cam
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: : : om a book once published in Sweden.This book lists all
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: : : the Swedish mustangs.
: : : As for the ones went to Israel,Some of them have USAAF
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: : : tory,Some not.
: : : Is it possible that those without USAAF history and de
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: : : ment did not see any combat?
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: : : As for P-51 "YELLOW KILO" owned by Flygexpo and now fo
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: : : In the Flygexpo web site we can see the aircraft histo
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: : : t says that it was 44-63864,HL-W with 78 grp,83 sqn 8
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: : : han Swedish AF 26158,And notes that there is a plate i
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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
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: : : S/N 54 was sold when SOC to Bill Lear (Learjets...)in
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: : : 3 and crashed in Keflavik,Iceland.Last owner of the wr
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: : : was Ken Hake of Tipton,Kansas,Acft registration N42805
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: : : I know two facts:1.The man who restored the acft to fl
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: : : condition (Israel Yitshaki)built it with parts of P-5
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: : : 41 2.In order to get Israeli CofA,Yitshaki bought MFR
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: : : es (Those on the cockpit)from a Mustang crashed in Ice
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: : : But the mystery gets bigger when my records say that t
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: : : ulk of Mustang # 41 was recovered by Robert Lamplough
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: : : Kibutz Palmahim in Israel in 1976,And the last info i
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: : : at Mr.Noel Robinson and David Laight were restoring it
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: : : Tees-Side Airport,England in 1992.
: : : Mr.Yitshaki refuses to say ANYTHING.Can you help to so
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: : Hadn't seen it - sounds a bit far fetched to me! But I w
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: : Thanks Tony