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    Airframe Family: Republic F-105
    Latest Model:F-105D Thunderchief
    Last Military Serial:59-1822 USAF
    Construction Number:D092
    Latest Owner or Location:Krakow Aviation Museum, Krakow, Malopolskie (Lesser Poland Voivodeship)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-105D.

    Circa 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 59-1822.

    From 1969 to 1973

    Transferred to 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron Vampires.

    Circa 1970


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand.

    1973

    Transferred to 561st Tactical Fighter Squadron Wild Weasels.

    From 1973 to 1980

    Transferred to 149th Tactical Fighter Squadron of Virgina Air National Guard.

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FK030.

    24 May 1999

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Center (AMARC).

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    From Circa 1999 to 2010

    To Imperial War Museum, Duxford, UK.

    20 August 2006


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Waiting for its restoration at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford UK

    2010

    To Polish Aviation Museum, Krakow, Poland.

    June 2010

    Placed on display with Krakow Aviation Museum, Krakow, Malopolskie (Lesser Poland Voivodeship).
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    19 June 2012


    Photographer: John Yates
    Notes: 2012 photo at Krakow Air Museum

    4 November 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: Original markings restored : RE AF 59 822, The Polish Glider, Yankee Air Polak. Polish Aviation Museum, Krakow, Poland.

    23 May 2018


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Krakow - Rakowice, Malopolskie, Poland


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    Boneyard Nose Art: U.S. Military Aircraft Markings and Artwork by Nicholas A. Veronico, Jim Dunn and Ron Strong
    European Military Out of Service 2018 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Aerodata Quantum+
    MASDC III, AMARC, Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona by Bonny, Swann and Fryer
    National Museum of the United States Air Force

    Individual Contributors
    John Bennett
    Marcin Rogowski

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