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    Airframe Family: Republic F-105
    Latest Model:F-105G Thunderchief
    Last Military Serial:63-8300 USAF
    Construction Number:F077
    Compressed ID:Republic F-105G sn 63-8300 USAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Musee Air and Space, San Jose, San Jose, Ile-de-France

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F-105F-1-RE by Republic at Farmindale, New York, USA.

    Circa 1963

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 63-8300.

    Converted to a F-105G.

    19 April 1967

    Captain Lo K. Thorsness and Harold Hohnson were awarded the Medal of Honor for thair actions on this day. They provided cover for the attempted rescue of another downed F-105G, and while doing so shot down two MiG-17s. The crew continued to engage even after running out of ammunition.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    To Musee de L air et de L Espace (The Air and Space Museum), Le Bourget, Paris, Ile-De-France.
    Exchanged for a Packard Lepere.

    Transported by air.
    Moved from Wright Patterson to Frankfurt Rheinmain in a C-5A Galaxy.

    9 October 1986

    Transported by air.
    Moved by the French Air Force to Air and Space Museum at Le Bourget.

    From Unknown to 1989

    Stocked at Dugny.

    Contracted to Ailes Anciennes Toulouse, Blagnac Airport (North East side), Toulouse, Midi-Pyrenees for work on the airframe.
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    Restored.
    The work was carried out by Les Ailes Anciennes.

    18 September 1993

    To Musee Air and Space, San Jose, San Jose, Ile-De-France.
    Officially handed over to the museum on this date.
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    10 June 2006


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye

    2010


    Photographer: Andy West
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Military Out of Service 2007 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Alexander Todt
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