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P-39 AIRACOBRA/42-20869



Serial #: 42-20869
Construction #:
  26E-324
Civil Registration:
  NX92848
  N9284
  Model(s):
  P-39Q Airacobra
Name: None
Status: Destroyed
Last info: 1968

History:
Bell Aircraft Corp, Buffalo, NY, 1946.
Skylanes Unlimited Inc, Niagara Falls, NY, 1946-1949.
- Registered as NX92848.
- Flew as race #84/Cobra II.
-- Piloted by Tex Johnson.
Rollin H. Stewart/Stewart Sales Corp, Indianapolis, IN, Aug. 1947-1960.
- Flew as race #11/KF-1.
-- Piloted by Jay Denning, 1947-1948.
-- Crash landed, Indianapolis, stored damaged, Nov. 1948-1960.
Ed Maloney/The Air Museum, Claremont, CA, 1960-1967.
- Registered as N9284.
- Trucked from Indiana to Claremont, CA.
- Restored for static display as "Pistol Packin Mama", Ontario, CA.
Michael D. Carroll, Long Beach, CA, 1967-1968.
- Rebuilt as highly modifed racer "Cobra III".
- Crashed on first test flight, Seal Beach, CA, Aug. 10, 1968.
-- Carroll bailed out but was killed.

Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Photo Source(s):
None.

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