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    Airframe Family: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
    Latest Model:P-47D-30-RA Thunderbolt
    Last Military Serial:44-32691 USAAF
    Compressed ID:Republic P-47D-30-RA sn 44-32691 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a P-47D-30-RA by Republic at Evansville, Indiana, USA.

    27 October 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-32691.

    Circa October 1944

    Transferred to Godman Field, KY.
    Operated on the U. S. East Coast primarily as an aerial gunnery trainer.

    27 January 1946

    To USAF Museum, Dayton, OH.

    By 1965

    To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, MD.
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    By 1990

    To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC.

    Markings Applied: LH-E, 432691
    Markings of 350FS 353FG USAAF at RAF Metfield.

    From December 1993 to By 2002

    Loaned to Robins AFB (South Side), Macon, GA.
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    By October 2003

    To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA.
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    17 September 2006


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    16 September 2011


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    16 September 2011


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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