Republic P-47D Thunderbolt, N47TB / 44-89136, Commemorative Air Force
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Registration: N47TB
Construction Number: 44-89136
Code Number: 'UN-S'
Model Republic P-47D Thunderbolt
Operator: Commemorative Air Force
Airport: Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (OSH / KOSH), USA - Wisconsin
Photographer: george baczkowski
Date Taken: 07/1995
Date Submitted: 31/08/2007
c/n 1831. serial 44-89136. It served with the Puerto Rico national Air Guard until 1954. Then sold to the Nicaraguan Air Force as GN-71. Then loaned to the Guatemalan Liberation Army in 1954 for 15 days, unmarked. Incorporated to the Guatemalan Air Force as FAG-0658 in july 1954. Returned to the Nicaraguan Air Force in 1955, to be GN-71 again. Sold to the Confederate Air Force in 1963, and matriculated N478C. Rematriculated N47TB in 1970. CAF is now the Commemorative Air Force. It was painted with blue camouflage as "UN-S" in the mid 80's, but is now painted "146"as the airplane of pilot Luis Perdomo, the last US ace of WW2 in the Pacific theatre. It is now at the Cavannaugh Air Museum at Addison Airport, Dallas, Texas.
Picture ID:1070328