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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:F-86 Sabre
    Compressed ID:NA F-86
    Latest Owner or Location:March Field Air Museum, March AFB (former), Riverside, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-86.

    Recovered.
    Recovered from the backyard of a private residence in Lancaster, CA.

    Restored.
    This airframe was restored from the parts of several F-86 E and F models. It has no data plate. Most of the credit for the restoration belongs to M/Sgt William Parker of the Utah ANG.

    By 19 April 2002

    Markings Applied: 49-1273
    The finished restoration was marked as a dedication to a Utah ANG aircraft which was lost in Lambs Canyon, Utah.

    To Draper, Salt Lake City, UT.
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    Markings Applied: 91273

    2006


    Photographer: Andy West

    August 2022

    To March Field Air Museum, March AFB (former), Riverside, CA.

    25 July 2023


    Photographer: Adam Estes

    25 July 2023


    Photographer: Adam Estes
    Notes: Marked as 49-1324, which is the identity of the forward fuselage section. The aft fuselage section comes from F-86F 52-5233, and the wings are from an unidentified Sabre.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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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 2007 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    Individual Contributors
     Adam Estes
    Mike Henniger
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