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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:Sabre 4
    Last Military Serial:MM19666 XB812 AMI
    Construction Number:0566
    Compressed ID:Canadair Sabre 4 sn MM19666 XB812 A...
    Latest Owner or Location:Royal Air Force Museum, Midland, Cosford, Shropshire, England

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sabre 4 by Canadair at Montreal, QC.

    16 April 1953

    First flight.
    Flown at Cartierville Airfield, Montreal.

    16 April 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 19666.
    The serial assignment was a bookkeeping exercise only.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n XB812.

    29 January 1954

    Ferry flight.
    Flown to RAF Bruggen, West Germany, via RAF Benson, Oxon.

    29 January 1954

    Transferred to No 112 (F) Squadron, RAF Bruggen, West Germany.

    Circa 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Aeronautica Militare Italiana with s/n MM19666 XB812.

    Transferred to 4A Aerobrigata, Pratica di Mare (near Rome), Italy.
    Operated with markings: 4-85

    Markings Applied: 4-11

    Circa 1976

    To Instituto Tecnico Industriale Galileo Galilei, Rome.
    Used by the I.T.I. as a ground instruction airframe.

    18 June 1993

    Contracted to The Fighter Collection, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Cambs, England for work on the airframe.
    Arrived at the Fighter Collection virtually complete and in good condition.
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    Restored.

    31 January 1994

    Placed on display with Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
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    24 April 2006

    Moved into new National Cold War Exhibition building at Cosford.

    Markings Applied: U

    To Royal Air Force Museum, Midland, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
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