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    Airframe Family: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
    Latest Model:F-47 Thunderbolt
    Last Military Serial:4175 FABo
    Construction Number:399-55605
    Last Civil Registration:N9246B
    Compressed ID:Republic F-47 sn 4175 FABo cn 399-5...
    Latest Owner or Location:Tennessee Museum of Aviation, Sevierville, Tennessee

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-47D-40-RA by Republic at Evansville, Indiana, USA.

    1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-90460.

    30 October 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Boliviana with s/n 4175 as a F-47.

    17 March 1958

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Fuerza Aerea Boliviana.
    Retired and stripped for spares.

    From By 1970 to By 1987

    To Recife AB, Brazil.
    Markings added: 226450, A1
    Dipslayed at Recife.

    From 1987 to By 1988

    To Museu Aeroespacial, Campo dos Afoncos, Rio.

    1988

    To Airplane Sales International, Santa Monica, CA.

    Recovered.
    Recovered from Brazil.

    September 1988

    Transported by ground.
    Arrived dismantled at Chino, CA.

    From By 1990 to By 1996

    Stored at Santa Monica, CA.

    5 August 1991

    To Airplane Sales International.

    September 1995

    To Airplane Sales International, Beverly Hills, CA with new c/r N9246B.

    13 June 1996

    Transported by ground.
    Moved from Santa Monica to Rialto, CA.

    2 October 1996

    To Neal Melton, Luttrell, TN keeping c/r N9246B.

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: Hun Hunter XVI, 40, 490460

    20 July 1999

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX9246B (P-47D, 44-90460) issued.

    Operated by Tennessee Museum of Aviation, Sevierville, TN.
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    18 March 2006


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Thunder in the Valley Airshow, Columbus GA

    28 September 2007


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: GML Airshow, Columbus, OH.

    9 August 2008


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Thunder Over Michigan at the Yankee Air Force Museum in Ypsilanti, MI.

    5 May 2010


    Photographer: Thomas Delvoye

    4 August 2012

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    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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