Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Bell P-63A-7-BE Kingcobra, s/n 42-69080 USAAF, c/r N94501

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Airframe Family:	Bell 12/13/15/23/26/24/33/43 / P-39 Airacobra / P-63 Kingcobra
Latest Model:	P-63A-7-BE Kingcobra
Last Military Serial:	42-69080 USAAF
Last Civil Registration:	N94501
Compressed ID:	Bell P-63A-7-BE sn 42-69080 USAAF c...
Latest Owner or Location:	Yanks Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, California

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Dates		Event
		Constructed as a P-63A-7-BE.
Circa 1942		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-69080.
		To Air Museum/Ed Maloney, Claremont, CA. View the Location Dossier
		To Planes of Fame Air Museum/Ed Maloney, Ontario Airport, Ontario, CA. View the Location Dossier
2 September 1977		To Charles F. Nichols, Baldwin Park, CA with new c/r N94501.
27 October 1978		Certificate of airworthiness for NX94501 (P-63C, 42-69080) issued.
January 1991		Photographer: Tom Tessier Notes: At Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA
		Operated by Yanks Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA. View the Location Dossier
		Markings Applied: Fatal Fang
23 May 2013		Photographer: Terry Fletcher Notes: Exhibited in Hall 2 of Yanks Air Museum at Chino, California
23 May 2013		Photographer: Terry Fletcher Notes: Nose Art on Bell Kingcobra at Yanks Air Museum, Chino, California
From 2019 to 2021		Restoration started. Currently under restoration to flying condition.
24 July 2021		Photographer: Adam Estes
11 October 2022		Photographer: Adam Estes
17 February 2024		Photographer: Cameron Gause Notes: Post restoration flight display at Yanks Air Museum.

		This airframe dossier is based on unreviewed imported data. If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.

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Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

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U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

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Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
AMCAR
Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

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Marcin Rogowski

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