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    Airframe Family: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
    Latest Model:P-47D-15-RA Thunderbolt
    Last Military Serial:42-23278 USAAF
    Construction Number:1029
    Last Civil Registration:N347D
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-47D-15-RA by Republic at Evansville, Indiana, USA.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-23278.

    1947

    To Hancock College of Aeronautics, Santa Maria, CA.
    Instructional airframe.

    7 May 1954

    To University of Southern California, Santa Maria, CA.

    13 May 1954

    To Robert F. Bean, Blythe, CA with new c/r N5087V.

    From 1954 to 1961

    Withdrawn from use.
    Placed in open storage Blythe, CA.

    1 October 1957

    To W. F. Paterson with new c/r N5087V.

    December 1957

    To Bob Bean Aircraft, Blythe, CA keeping c/r N5087V.

    20 April 1961

    To Republic Aviation Corp, Farmingdale, NY keeping c/r N5087V.

    1961

    Transported by ground.
    To Farmingdale, NY.

    By 1963

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: HV-P

    June 1963

    Shipped to Paris June 1963 for Paris air show. Flown while there by Republic test pilot Glen Bach.

    June 1963


    Photographer: Charles M. Daniels collection
    Notes: At Paris Air Show

    18 March 1964

    To Republic Aviation Corp, Farmingdale, NY with new c/r N347D.

    1964

    To US Air Force, Dayton, OH keeping c/r N347D.
    Donated by Republic Aviation.

    November 1964

    To United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    Circa 1965

    July 1971

    Transported by ground. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    10 July 1972

    Civil registration, N347D, cancelled.
    Cancelled.

    28 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    By November 2004

    Markings Applied: Fiery Ginger IV, 222668
    It is painted to appear as the Thunderbolt Col. Neel Kearby flew on his last mission.

    6 November 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 December 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    14 May 2010


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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