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    Airframe Family: Bell 12/13/15/23/26/24/33/43 / P-39 Airacobra / P-63 Kingcobra
    Latest Model:P-39Q-15-BE Airacobra
    Last Military Serial:26 white Russian AF
    Compressed ID:Bell P-39Q-15-BE sn 26 white Russia...
    Latest Owner or Location:Ilmatorjunta Museo, Tuusula, Etela-Suomi

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-39Q-15-BE.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-2664.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Russia Air Force with s/n 26 white.

    June 1944

    Crashed.
    Forced landing, Aunus, Finland and captured by the Finns.

    From By 1945 to By 1981

    Fuselage stored with the Finnish Air Force at Tampere.

    1981

    To Aviation Museum, Central Finland, Luonetjarvi AB, Tikkakoski.

    The fuselage was stored unrestored.

    From September 1995 to March 2000

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: Silver 26
    Restored using the wings of 44-3255 which had crashed Inkeroinen, Finland on 17 June 1944.

    To Ilmatorjunta Museo, Tuusula, Etela-Suomi.
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    Photographer: Stephen Loft
    Notes: Photo of P-39 in the Aviation Museum of Central Finland, Tikkakoski in August 2006

    12 May 2017


    Photographer: Marko Aaltonen

    12 May 2017


    Photographer: Marko Aaltonen

    12 May 2017


    Photographer: Marko Aaltonen

    12 May 2017


    Photographer: Marko Aaltonen
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     Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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