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    Airframe Family: North American P-82/F-82 Twin Mustang
    Latest Model:F-82B Twin Mustang
    Last Military Serial:132 NACA
    Construction Number:123-43754
    Compressed ID:NA F-82B sn 132 NACA cn 123-43754
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-82B.

    1946

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-65168.


    Photographer: Unknown

    By February 1947

    Markings Applied: Betty Joe, PQ-168

    Circa February 1947


    Photographer: USAF

    From 27 February 1947 to 28 February 1947

    Made record flight Hickham Field, HI to New York City, 5,051 miles, the longest non-stop flight ever made by a propeller-driven fighter. Pilot was Col. Robert E. Thacker, 14 hrs 32 min, average speed of 347.5 mph.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-65168.

    Markings Applied: Betty-Jo, PQ-168

    11 June 1948

    Redesignated as F-82B.

    September 1950

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics with s/n 132.

    September 1950

    Transferred to NACA Lewis Research Centre, Cleveland, OH.
    Used for ram-jet tests.

    June 1957

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

    21 June 1957

    Ferry flight. Delivered to United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
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    After June 1957


    Photographer: Malcolm Gougan Collection

    After June 1957


    Photographer: Unknown

    March 1968


    Photographer: Chris Kennedy by permission


    Photographer: Gordon Permann Collection

    June 1969


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    17 October 1971

    Transported by ground. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    August 1978


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    19 July 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the United States Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio.

    18 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio.

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    5 June 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    18 May 2019


    Photographer: Ken Patterson
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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
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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