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    Airframe Family: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
    Latest Model:P-47D-2-RE Thunderbolt
    Last Military Serial:007 FABo
    Last Civil Registration:N14519
    Compressed ID:Republic P-47D-2-RE sn 007 FABo cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington

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    Dates

    Event

    1942

    Constructed as a P-47D-2-RE by Republic at Farmindale, New York, USA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-8205.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC75640.

    Circa November 1949

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Boliviana with s/n 007.

    Was a gate guardian at the La Paz, Bolivia airport.

    To Jim Cullen.

    1976

    To Doug Champlin.

    Contracted to Dick Martin, Carlsbad, CA for work on the airframe.

    From Unknown to 1981

    Restored.

    13 November 1981

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX14519 (P-47, 42-8205) issued.

    7 December 1981

    To Windward Aviation Inc, Seattle, WA with new c/r N14519.

    By August 1991

    Placed on display with Champlin Fighter Museum, Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ.
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    Markings Applied: Big Stud, 88
    Finished in the markings of Colonel Robert Baselers 325th Fighter Group aircraft (famous for their checker tail paint scheme).

    10 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    10 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    17 September 1997

    To Windward Aviation Inc, Mesa, AZ keeping c/r N14519.

    To Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA.
    This P-47D is a re-imported aircraft representing just one of the many Thunderbolts that were sent to Latin American countries as part of post-war military assistance programs.
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    29 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Museum of Flight in Seattle

    29 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Museum of Flight in Seattle

    29 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo at Museum of Flight in Seattle

    1 January 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX14519 (P-47, 42-8205) issued.

    6 May 2019

    Civil registration, N14519, cancelled.
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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
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols
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