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    Airframe Family: North American A-36 / P-51/F-51 Mustang / P-48 Enforcer
    Latest Model:J26 Mustang
    Last Military Serial:Fv26039 SweAF
    Construction Number:122-31597
    Last Civil Registration:N9772F
    Compressed ID:NA J26 sn Fv26039 SweAF cn 122-3159...
    Latest Owner or Location:Musee Air and Space, San Jose, San Jose, Ile-de-France

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    Dates

    Event

    5 December 1944

    Constructed as a P-51D-20-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-63871.

    Converted to a J26.

    From 23 April 1945 to 6 February 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Flygvapnet with s/n Fv26039 as a J26.

    Circa February 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Israeli Defense Force.

    From Circa 1962 to Circa 1970

    To Marom Air Services Ltd/Robert D. Turner, Tel Aviv, Israel with new c/r N9772F.
    Note: The FAA was given the id of USAAF s/n 44-63821. This was likely an error.
    For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier

    Circa 7 November 1962

    Noted at Nicosia, Cyprus.

    Circa 27 January 1963

    Yellow and white, noted at Lod, Israel.

    Circa 1965

    Parked with minor damage, Cannes, France.

    15 November 1972

    Civil registration, N9772F, cancelled.

    From Circa 1975 to Circa 2022

    To Musee de L Air, Paris-Le Bourget.

    Markings Applied: MO C, 466318
    Displayed in USAAF markings.

    Circa 12 September 1978


    Photographer: Malcolm Gougan Collection
    Notes: Photographed at the Aiport Museum in Paris, France.

    By June 1989

    Placed on display with Musee Air and Space, San Jose, San Jose, Ile-De-France.
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    17 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Exhibited at the Air and Space Museum at Le Bourget Airport in Paris, France

    13 October 2022


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: At the Musee de l Air et de l Espace, Paris-Le Bourget, France
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Military Out of Service 2014 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Johnny Comstedt
    Andy West
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