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    Airframe Family: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
    Latest Model:P-47D-40-RA Thunderbolt
    Last Military Serial:13021 YAF
    Last Civil Registration:N647D
    Compressed ID:Republic P-47D-40-RA sn 13021 YAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aviation Management Resources Inc, Wilmington, DE

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-47D-40-RA by Republic at Evansville, Indiana, USA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-90438.

    February 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Yugoslav Air Force with s/n 13021.

    By 1984

    To Belgrade Museum of Aeronautics, Beograd Airport, Beograd (Belgrade), Central Serbia.
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    1985

    To Warbirds of GB Ltd/Doug Arnold Bitteswell.

    To Patina Ltd Duxford UK.

    1986

    To John Whittington.

    Restored.
    Restored at Knoxfille TN.

    1996

    Transported by ground.
    Moved to Rialto CA.

    16 July 1996

    To Aviation Management Resources Inc/John Schoffner with new c/r N647D.

    28 October 1996

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX647D (P-47D, 8955583) issued.

    Restoration continued at Rialto.

    3 November 1996

    First post-restoration Flight.
    Flew at Rialto CA.

    March 1997


    Photographer: JM Bryant
    Notes: vintage airshow, Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, San Bernardino County, CA

    March 1997


    Photographer: JM Bryant
    Notes: vintage airshow, Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, San Bernardino County, CA

    To Tennessee Museum of Aviation, Sevierville, TN.
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    Markings Applied: Wicked Wabbit 490438 44

    25 August 2007


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Indianapolis Airshow, Mount Comfort Airport, Greenfield IN

    25 August 2007


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Indianapolis Airshow, Mount Comfort Airport, Greenfield IN

    28 September 2007


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: GML Airshow, Columbus, OH.

    9 August 2008


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Thunder Over Michigan at the Yankee Air Force Museum in Ypsilanti, MI.

    27 February 2012

    To Aviation Management Resources Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N647D.
    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
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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