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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:F-86A Sabre
    Last Military Serial:49-1217 USAF
    Construction Number:161-211
    Last Civil Registration:N4912
    Latest Owner or Location:Echo Matrix Llc, Bentonville, AR

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-86A.

    Circa 1949

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 49-1217.

    Transferred to 336th Fighter Squadron, Selfridge AFB.

    Transferred to 196th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, 163rd Fighter Group, California Air National Guard.

    By September 1959

    To Air Museum/Ed Maloney, Claremont, CA.

    Placed on display with Planes of Fame, Valle.
    FU-217

    1985


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Planes of Fame, Chino, CA.

    27 February 1986


    Photographer: NIGEL ROLING
    Notes: Marked as49-1318a jet lost over Korea and subsequently recovered and taken to Moscow for examination. Actually is 49-1217 an F-86A Sabre at PoF, Chino 27th Feb. 1986.

    1 September 1989


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Planes of Fame, Chino Airport, CA.

    Circa 2000


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Planes of Fame, Valle, AZ

    14 November 2000

    To Patina Ltd, Jersey with new c/r G-BZNL (NORTH AMERICAN F86A SABRE, 49-1217).

    20 December 2001

    Civil registration, G-BZNL, cancelled.

    26 December 2001

    To Vulcan Warbirds Inc, Seattle, WA with new c/r N4912.

    In the inventory of Flying Heritage Collection/Paul Allen, Paine Field, Everett, WA.
    View the Location Dossier

    Restoration started.

    In the inventory of Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum, Paine Field, Everett, WA.
    View the Location Dossier

    3 March 2023

    To Echo Matrix Llc, Bentonville, AR keeping c/r N4912.


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    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Civil Aviation Authority of the United Kingdom
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

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    Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
    Peter Nicholson

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