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    Airframe Family: Bell 12/13/15/23/26/24/33/43 / P-39 Airacobra / P-63 Kingcobra
    Latest Model:P-63E-1-BE Kingcobra
    Last Military Serial:400 FAHo
    Last Civil Registration:N9003R
    Compressed ID:Bell P-63E-1-BE sn 400 FAHo cr N900...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-63E-1-BE.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-11727.

    15 October 1948

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Hondurena with s/n 400.

    1949

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Fuerza Aerea Hondurena.

    From 2 February 1960 to By 1970

    To Bob Bean Aircraft, Hawthorne, CA with new c/r N9003R.

    From By 1960 to By 1968

    Placed in open storage at Phoenix-Sky Harbour Airport, AZ.


    Photographer: Charles M. Daniels Collection

    From By 1969 to By 1970

    Placed in open storage at Phoenix-Moseley Field, AZ.

    1970


    Photographer: Larry Johnson

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    By 1973

    Placed on display with Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    Markings Applied: 311727, 8
    Displayed in a Soviet Air Force colour scheme.

    14 January 1977

    Civil registration, N9003R, cancelled.

    March 1990


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pima Air Museum.

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At the Pima Air and Space Museum, Arizona.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    4 February 2017

    Civil registration, N9003R, cancelled.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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