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    Airframe Family: Messerschmitt Me-163 Komet / J8M Shusui / MXY
    Latest Model:J8M1 Shusui
    Last Military Serial:T2-300 USAAF
    Construction Number:403
    Compressed ID:Mitsubishi J8M1 sn T2-300 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, California

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a J8M1 by Mitsubishi.

    1945

    Captured at the Mitsubishi plant, Nagoya, Japan.

    November 1945

    Transported by ship.
    To USA onboard USS Barnes (CVE-20).

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n FE-300.

    New serial number assigned: T2-300 USAAF

    To Air Museum/Ed Maloney, Claremont, CA.
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    Photographer: Richard Boehme via Ron Cole
    Notes: Source: http://www.colesaircraft.world/ed-malonys-air-museum


    Photographer: Richard Boehme via Ron Cole
    Notes: Source: http://www.colesaircraft.world/ed-malonys-air-museum

    To Planes of Fame Air Museum/Ed Maloney, Ontario Airport, Ontario, CA.
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    To Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    4 December 1997


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame in Chino, California.

    18 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA, USA.
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    Credits
     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
     Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Noah Rechtin
    Marcin Rogowski
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