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| USAAF 13th AF 347th FG 67th FS |
Aircraft History Built by Bell in Buffalo, New York. Assigned Royal Air Force (RAF) serial number BW157 and painted in a three-color camouflage scheme. Instead, delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF). Disassembled and shipped overseas to Australia and reassembled in New Caledonia. Wartime History Assigned to the 13th Air Force (13th AF), 347th Fighter Group (347th FG), 67th Fighter Squadron (67th FS). Painted with dark green upper surfaces and sky blue lower surfaces with a sharks mouth and eye motif on the nose. No known nose art or nickname. Later, this Airacobra was flown to Henderson Field on Guadalcanal. This aircraft flew combat missions in the Solomons, then was abandoned and larger buried near Henderson Field. Wreckage During the middle 1970s, this aircraft was excavated and transported to the Betikama School, on top of a set of (identity unknown) P-39N wings for display purposes. The wreckage includes an intact center fuselage, wings and Allison engine. The tail is broken up and displayed behind the wreckage. References Pacific Aircraft Wrecks page 72 Reportedly, it also had USAAF serial number 40-6662(?) Joe Baugher "Airacobra I for RAF, P-400" Contribute
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