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Charles M. Daniels Collection Photo

Catalog #: 15_000006

Title: Charles M. Daniels Collection Photo

Aircraft/Subject: Bell P-39Q Airacobra

Daniels Album Name: 71st Tactical Reconnaisance Group Reunion, 10/1990 Houston, TX

Notes From Album: Bell P-39Q Airacobra of the 82nd Tactical Reconnaissance, New Guinea.

Additional Information: SOC (Struck Off Charge) May 21, 1945 at Tadji, Papua New Guinea. Recovered 1972-73. Displayed at Moorabin Air Base, Australia from 1982 to 1988. Restored to static display for the Museum of Flight, Santa Monica, Ca. 1991-1994. Bought by the Fighter Collection, Duxford, England. Restored to flying condition by Fighter Rebuilders, Chino, CA. First flight as N-139DP on June 14, 2004. Re-registered as G-CEJU on May 21, 2007.

Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive

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