Piper L-21B-135 Super Cub, N87996 / 18-4026, Private
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Registration: N87996
Construction Number: 18-4026
Code Number: MM54-2626 / E.I.282
Model Piper L-21B-135 Super Cub
Operator: Private
Airport: Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (OSH / KOSH), USA - Wisconsin
Airshow: Oshkosh - EAA AirVenture - 2023
Photographer: Roger Syratt
Date Taken: 26/07/2023
Date Submitted: 20/03/2024
One of a batch of 355 L-21Bs supplied to European nations under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP) in the early 1950s, this aircraft went to the Italian Army as MM 54-2626, and has been restored in the colours it wore at that time. According to the late Joe Baugher's indispensable US Military Serials web site, the aircraft was assigned to the Alpine Squadron and used to patrol the border between Italy and Yugoslavia. It was accompanied at Oshkosh by sister-ship N33MT MM 54-2526 (q.v.) in matching colours, and they had been flown up together from Texas by the owner and his wife.
Picture ID:1880897