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Wednesday the 13th of December 1944 was a bad day for the Curtiss C-46 Commando, with three crashing....42-96531, 42-96779, 43-47005.
42-96531 and 42-96779 at unknown locations and 43-47005 at Sookerating Air Base, India, on Wednesday the 13 9f December 1944, it crashing on take off....
42-96531
3 July 1944:
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Probably assigned to the 2nd Combat Cargo Group based at Syracuse AAB, NY.
19 September 1944:
Assigned to Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.
13 December 1944:
Damaged beyond repair in unknown circumstances.
Condemned for salvage, "obsolete" (?).
42-96779
13 September 1944:
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
29 October 1944:
Assigned to 20th Air Force, XX Bomber Command, 2nd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile), based at Kalaikunda, Bengal, India.
31 October 1944:
Moved with 2nd Air Transport Squadron to Dergaon, Assam, India.
November 1944:
Moved with 2nd Air Transport Squadron to Luliang, Yunnan, China.
10 December 1944:
Shot down by Japanese fighters near Kaifeng, Henan, China (1/4 fatality). (MACR 10380)
Crew:
2nd Lt Albert J. Fisher, Pilot (rescued)
1st Lt George E. McGuire, Copilot (killed, body recovered)
S/Sgt Peter M. Kouzes, Radio Operator (rescued)
Sgt Elon W. Patterson, Crew Chief (rescued)
The Commando was operating a flight between Luliang, Yunnan to Laohekou, Hubei, China with a cargo of gasoline barrels. The crew became lost in poor weather and overshot their destination by 350 km, breaking out of the weather near Kaifeng. A Japanese fighter attacked the Commando, and set the right engine on fire. The pilot ordered the crew to bail out while the fighter was making more passes. The copilot did not survive. Once on the ground, the survivors took cover in the woods until the fighter departed.
A patrol of Nationalist soldiers under the command of General Wang Dagong picked them up later in the day and took them to a small village near the border of Henan and Hebei provinces, north of the Yellow River. They had been there for a week when, on the night of 20 December, Communist troops attacked. The battle lasted for 32 hours. The airmen sheltered in the attic of a mud building through the night while the Communists fired with machine guns, mortars, and light artillery. Around 1100 hours on 21 December, soldiers climbed atop the building and tore a hole in the slate roof, dropping grenades into the room. Fisher led his crew running out the front door into the middle of the firefight. One of the Communist officers recognized them as Americans immediately. His troops stopped firing long enough to bring them safely behind their lines. The battle resumed and lasted until 0400 hours the next morning.
The Communist troops wiped out the entire Nationalist garrison, including General Wang himself. Their commanding officer pretended to have attacked the town to rescue the Americans. He alleged that General Wang had connections to a traitor and the Communist troops liberated the airmen before they could be handed over to the Japanese.
Only on 3 March 1945 did Captain Robert E. Kunz come to pick the men up, along with 6 other downed airmen, in a B-25 Mitchell. They landed to safety at Xinjin near Chengdu, Sichuan.
13 December 1944:
Condemned for salvage.
43-47005
6 October 1944:
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
16 November 1944:
Assigned to ATC North African Division.
16 November 1944:
Assigned to ATC India-China Division. (Same date)
13 December 1945:
Received major damage in Sookerating, Assam, India in a taxi accident. (Sometimes erroneously noted as a takeoff accident)
Pilot: Raoul C. Ramos
31 December 1945:
Condemned for salvage, collision. (Sometimes noted as a separate accident by some, but probably consecutive to the former accident)
Apparently reinstated.
16 April 1945:
Received major damage in Myitkyina, Burma in an accident.
Pilot: Paul G. Seib
Unknown date:
Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.
5 February 1946:
Condemned for salvage by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.
42-96531 and 42-96779 at unknown locations and 43-47005 at Sookerating Air Base, India, on Wednesday the 13 9f December 1944, it crashing on take off....
42-96531
3 July 1944:
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
Probably assigned to the 2nd Combat Cargo Group based at Syracuse AAB, NY.
19 September 1944:
Assigned to Brisbane Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia.
13 December 1944:
Damaged beyond repair in unknown circumstances.
Condemned for salvage, "obsolete" (?).
42-96779
13 September 1944:
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
29 October 1944:
Assigned to 20th Air Force, XX Bomber Command, 2nd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile), based at Kalaikunda, Bengal, India.
31 October 1944:
Moved with 2nd Air Transport Squadron to Dergaon, Assam, India.
November 1944:
Moved with 2nd Air Transport Squadron to Luliang, Yunnan, China.
10 December 1944:
Shot down by Japanese fighters near Kaifeng, Henan, China (1/4 fatality). (MACR 10380)
Crew:
2nd Lt Albert J. Fisher, Pilot (rescued)
1st Lt George E. McGuire, Copilot (killed, body recovered)
S/Sgt Peter M. Kouzes, Radio Operator (rescued)
Sgt Elon W. Patterson, Crew Chief (rescued)
The Commando was operating a flight between Luliang, Yunnan to Laohekou, Hubei, China with a cargo of gasoline barrels. The crew became lost in poor weather and overshot their destination by 350 km, breaking out of the weather near Kaifeng. A Japanese fighter attacked the Commando, and set the right engine on fire. The pilot ordered the crew to bail out while the fighter was making more passes. The copilot did not survive. Once on the ground, the survivors took cover in the woods until the fighter departed.
A patrol of Nationalist soldiers under the command of General Wang Dagong picked them up later in the day and took them to a small village near the border of Henan and Hebei provinces, north of the Yellow River. They had been there for a week when, on the night of 20 December, Communist troops attacked. The battle lasted for 32 hours. The airmen sheltered in the attic of a mud building through the night while the Communists fired with machine guns, mortars, and light artillery. Around 1100 hours on 21 December, soldiers climbed atop the building and tore a hole in the slate roof, dropping grenades into the room. Fisher led his crew running out the front door into the middle of the firefight. One of the Communist officers recognized them as Americans immediately. His troops stopped firing long enough to bring them safely behind their lines. The battle resumed and lasted until 0400 hours the next morning.
The Communist troops wiped out the entire Nationalist garrison, including General Wang himself. Their commanding officer pretended to have attacked the town to rescue the Americans. He alleged that General Wang had connections to a traitor and the Communist troops liberated the airmen before they could be handed over to the Japanese.
Only on 3 March 1945 did Captain Robert E. Kunz come to pick the men up, along with 6 other downed airmen, in a B-25 Mitchell. They landed to safety at Xinjin near Chengdu, Sichuan.
13 December 1944:
Condemned for salvage.
43-47005
6 October 1944:
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
16 November 1944:
Assigned to ATC North African Division.
16 November 1944:
Assigned to ATC India-China Division. (Same date)
13 December 1945:
Received major damage in Sookerating, Assam, India in a taxi accident. (Sometimes erroneously noted as a takeoff accident)
Pilot: Raoul C. Ramos
31 December 1945:
Condemned for salvage, collision. (Sometimes noted as a separate accident by some, but probably consecutive to the former accident)
Apparently reinstated.
16 April 1945:
Received major damage in Myitkyina, Burma in an accident.
Pilot: Paul G. Seib
Unknown date:
Assigned to Karachi, Sindh, India.
5 February 1946:
Condemned for salvage by the Army-Navy Liquidation Commission.
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Friday the 13th of April 1945 was another bad day for the C-46, with 41-24757, 42-61068 being damaged beyond repair at an unknown locations and 42-101221 being reported as Missing in action, its last radio contact was at 12:45 hours, 20 minutes east of Chittagong....
....another three Curtiss C-46's went down on the Thursday the 13th of September 1945, 42-101147, 42-107344 and 44-78280....
Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando, HC-SIB, crashed on takeoff at Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport, Ecuador, on Friday the 13th of May 1949....
Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando, 44-77713, crashed into Mount Tanazawa, on Thursday 27th of September 1951....
Curtiss C-46E-1-CS Commando, F-DAAR,
Destroyed on ground by mortars on Saturday the 13th of March 1954....
The 13th of March, 1954 was the day Battle of Dien Bien Phu started. This was a confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist-nationalist revolutionaries....
Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando, HK-513, crashed under unknown circumstances on Tuesday the 25th of June 1957....
Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando, Air America, B-136, the C-46 operated on a cargo dropping mission in support of General Vang Pao's Hmong army. Three of the crew men were members of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Air America was owned by the CIA.
During the drop, the aircraft executed a sharp turn causing the wing to struck a mountain ridge....
....another three Curtiss C-46's went down on the Thursday the 13th of September 1945, 42-101147, 42-107344 and 44-78280....
Curtiss C-46D-15-CU Commando, HC-SIB, crashed on takeoff at Quito-Mariscal Sucre Airport, Ecuador, on Friday the 13th of May 1949....
Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando, 44-77713, crashed into Mount Tanazawa, on Thursday 27th of September 1951....
Curtiss C-46E-1-CS Commando, F-DAAR,
Destroyed on ground by mortars on Saturday the 13th of March 1954....
The 13th of March, 1954 was the day Battle of Dien Bien Phu started. This was a confrontation of the First Indochina War between the French Union's French Far East Expeditionary Corps and Viet Minh communist-nationalist revolutionaries....
Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando, HK-513, crashed under unknown circumstances on Tuesday the 25th of June 1957....
Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando, Air America, B-136, the C-46 operated on a cargo dropping mission in support of General Vang Pao's Hmong army. Three of the crew men were members of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Air America was owned by the CIA.
During the drop, the aircraft executed a sharp turn causing the wing to struck a mountain ridge....
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Douglas DC-6A, N313RS, the DC-6 cargo plane departed Emmonak at 14:10 for a flight to Aniak. At 14:55 the no. 3 engine caught fire and the fire handles were pulled. The captain then ordered the propeller the be feathered. At 14:57 the first officer confirms that number 3 actually feathered, but said they were still indicating a fire. The captain then decided to carry out an emergency landing at Holy Cross. While the captain was preparing the airplane for landing the first officer stated that the fire is starting to go out. METO power was applied and the captain remarked that if the fire is out he would rather not land at Holy Cross. The fire warning bell sounded again at 14:59 and smoke began entering the cockpit. An approach was made to Russian Mission and the aircraft passed over the airport at 300-400 feet and was later seen turning to finals when the right wing folded upward. The aircraft rolled to the right and nosed down into the ground, short of runway 35....
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Curtiss C-46A-35-CU Commando, 42-3607, missing in action Indo China in the China-Burma-India theatre of operations on Saturday the 13th of May 1944....
14th of December 1943:
Transferred from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY. to the one in Lousiana, KY.
30th of December 1943:
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
13th of February 1944:
Departed the USA for India.
Unknown date:
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, based at Station 9, Mohanbari, Assami, India.
13th of May 1944:
Went missing over the China-Burma-India theatre.
Pilot: John C. Lawrence
2nd of June 1944:
Condemned for salvage.
14th of December 1943:
Transferred from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY. to the one in Lousiana, KY.
30th of December 1943:
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Louisville, KY.
13th of February 1944:
Departed the USA for India.
Unknown date:
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing, based at Station 9, Mohanbari, Assami, India.
13th of May 1944:
Went missing over the China-Burma-India theatre.
Pilot: John C. Lawrence
2nd of June 1944:
Condemned for salvage.
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Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando, 41-24711, the crew bailed out after the airplane suffered mechanical problems. The airplane crashed near Hsinking (now named Changchun), on Friday the 13th of October 1944....
21st of September 1943:
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
11th of December 1943:
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.
13 October 1944:
Crashed in Hsingching, China after the crew bailed out due to an engine failure. [this location cannot be found anywhere. ASN quotes the crash site as "Hsinking" (nowadays Changchun, Jilin, China) but it seems unlikely as that was located in Mandchukuo, Mandchuria then occupied by Japan).
Pilot: Theodore E. Adcock
26th of October 1944:
Condemned for salvage, "washout".
21st of September 1943:
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
11th of December 1943:
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing.
13 October 1944:
Crashed in Hsingching, China after the crew bailed out due to an engine failure. [this location cannot be found anywhere. ASN quotes the crash site as "Hsinking" (nowadays Changchun, Jilin, China) but it seems unlikely as that was located in Mandchukuo, Mandchuria then occupied by Japan).
Pilot: Theodore E. Adcock
26th of October 1944:
Condemned for salvage, "washout".
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Curtiss C-46A-45-CU Commando, 42-96713, crashed on Saturday the 16th of December 1944....
28 August 1944:
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
29 October 1944:
Assigned to 20th Air Force, XX Bomber Command, 2nd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile), based at RAF Kalaikunda, Bengal, India.
31 October 1944:
Moved with 2nd Air Transport Squadron to Dergaon, Assam, India.
November 1944:
Moved with 2nd Air Transport Squadron to Luliang, Yunnan, China.
16 December 1944:
Went missing near Ipin, Sichuan, China (4/4 missing).
Crew:
1st Lt Robert M. Cole, Pilot
2nd Lt Robert E. Smith, Copilot
Sgt Charles F. Flynn, Jr, Engineer
Sgt John L. Vousden, Radio Operator
The Commando was operating a cargo flight between Luliang, Yunnan and Hsinching, Sichuan, China. They were last contacted by radio stating they were over Ipin, Sichuan and were neither seen nor heard from again.
19 December 1944:
Condemned for salvage.
28 August 1944:
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
29 October 1944:
Assigned to 20th Air Force, XX Bomber Command, 2nd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile), based at RAF Kalaikunda, Bengal, India.
31 October 1944:
Moved with 2nd Air Transport Squadron to Dergaon, Assam, India.
November 1944:
Moved with 2nd Air Transport Squadron to Luliang, Yunnan, China.
16 December 1944:
Went missing near Ipin, Sichuan, China (4/4 missing).
Crew:
1st Lt Robert M. Cole, Pilot
2nd Lt Robert E. Smith, Copilot
Sgt Charles F. Flynn, Jr, Engineer
Sgt John L. Vousden, Radio Operator
The Commando was operating a cargo flight between Luliang, Yunnan and Hsinching, Sichuan, China. They were last contacted by radio stating they were over Ipin, Sichuan and were neither seen nor heard from again.
19 December 1944:
Condemned for salvage.
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Curtiss C-46A-40-CU Commando, 42-107313, crashed and destroyed by fire, on Sunday the 25th of February 1945....
8 May 1944:
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
9 July 1944:
Probably assigned to 20th Aur Force, XX Bomber Command, 3rd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile), based at Kalaikunda, Bengal, India.
November 1944:
Moved with the 3rd Air Transport Squadron to Dergaon, Assam, India.
14 January 1945:
Moved with the 3rd Air Transport Squadron to Sookerating, Assam, India.
25 February 1945:
Damaged beyond repair 30 km from Yunnayi, Yunnan, China in a crash and destroyed by fire.
Pilot: William V. Thayer
26 February 1945:
Condemned for salvage.
8 May 1944:
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
9 July 1944:
Probably assigned to 20th Aur Force, XX Bomber Command, 3rd Air Transport Squadron (Mobile), based at Kalaikunda, Bengal, India.
November 1944:
Moved with the 3rd Air Transport Squadron to Dergaon, Assam, India.
14 January 1945:
Moved with the 3rd Air Transport Squadron to Sookerating, Assam, India.
25 February 1945:
Damaged beyond repair 30 km from Yunnayi, Yunnan, China in a crash and destroyed by fire.
Pilot: William V. Thayer
26 February 1945:
Condemned for salvage.
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Curtiss C-46A-25-CU Commando, 41-24705, missing in action on Tuesday the 13th of March 1945....
20 September 1943:
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
15 January 1944:
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 6, Chabua, Assam, India.
17 June 1944:
Received major damaged in Tingkawk Sakan, Burma in a landing accident.
Pilot: James P. McAllister
August 1944:
Transferred to the 1333rd AAF Base Unit based in Chabua, Assam, India as part of ATC India-China Division units renaming.
13 March 1945:
Went missing over China. (MACR 13019)
Pilot: 2nd Lt Joseph A. Tadych (missing)
No trace of the Commando was ever found.
24 March 1945:
Condemned for salvage.
20 September 1943:
Delivered from the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, NY.
15 January 1944:
Assigned to ATC India-China Wing based at Station 6, Chabua, Assam, India.
17 June 1944:
Received major damaged in Tingkawk Sakan, Burma in a landing accident.
Pilot: James P. McAllister
August 1944:
Transferred to the 1333rd AAF Base Unit based in Chabua, Assam, India as part of ATC India-China Division units renaming.
13 March 1945:
Went missing over China. (MACR 13019)
Pilot: 2nd Lt Joseph A. Tadych (missing)
No trace of the Commando was ever found.
24 March 1945:
Condemned for salvage.
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C-46A-50-CU Commando, SEA Colombia, HK-613, Monday 4th of October 1965, the flight was a non-scheduled domestic cargo flight. After boarding 162 crates of beer and one passenger at Cucuta the crew requested clearance to takeoff for Arauca at 10:42. Clearance was given by the control tower for runway 20 with a south-southeast wind at 18 kt. The aircraft used more than 3/4 of the runway for takeoff and initiated a turn over the city, returning over the aerodrome to gain height. At 10:58 hours it reported departure to the southeast, climbing in visual meteorological conditions to 7500 ft and estimating Santo Domingo at 11:13. When the aircraft was at approximately 4500 to 5000 ft, flames were seen coming from the no. 2 engine. The aircraft attempted to return to Cucuta. On its way back the starboard wing and engine were seen tearing off from the aircraft. The rest of the aircraft immediately started to roll slowly to the left and moments later struck the ground on Cerro del Espinazo....
Source: Commando 42-96803
Source: Commando 42-96803
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She had a short lifespan P-82E Twin Mustang 46-313....and was there a P-82F 46-413? 
46-255 ... 46-354
North American P-82E Twin Mustang
MSN 144-38141/38240. Redesignated F-82E in 1948.
255 scrapped at Robins AFB Apr 1951.
256 (MSN 144-38142) to NACA Jan 1950 as 133, redesignated EF-82E. Sold March 1954 to Walter
Soplata. Noted in Jun 1971 in Walter Soplata collection. Registered Apr 7, 1997 to
Wizzard Investments Ltd as G-BXEI; believed never arrived in UK as reregistered N142AM May 1998
Both 46-255 and 46-265 have been quoted, but it appears that only 46-256 is correct.
To Amjet/Polar Aviation Museum, Anoka County, MN May 11, 1998-2000.
To Chris and Patrick Harker Aviation Services 2000-2002 to be restored to
airworthy conditon.
259 to reclamation at Robbins AFB Apr 24, 1951
261 to reclamation at Robbins AFB Apr 24, 1951
262 at USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, TX.
263 to reclamation at Robbins AFB Apr 24, 1951
264 to reclamation at Robbins AFB Apr 24, 1951
267 to reclamation at Robbins AFB Mar 1, 1951.
268, 271, 275, 276, 278, 285, 286, 288, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296/300, 305, 307,
310, 313/315, 317/326, 329/332, 337/339, 342/345, 347, 349/352 to reclamation Robbins
AFB 24 Apr 1951
348 to reclamation Ladd AFB, AK 15 Apr 1951
46-355 ... 46-383
North American P-82G Twin Mustang
MSN 150-38241/38269
Redesignated F-82G in 1948.
357 (6160th ABW, 68th FIS) MIA May 28, 1951 20 mi N of 38th parallel.
364 (6160th ABW, 68th FIS) destroyed on ground at Suwon, Korea
Jun 29, 1950 by enemy aircraft.
373 (6160th ABW, 68th FIS) crashed 5 my NW of Brady AB, Japan Feb 12, 1951.
375 (6160th ABW, 67th FIS) crashed Dec 16, 1950.
377 was last operational F-82 and was officially retired Nov 12, 1953
at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
378 (6160th ABW, 68th FIS) shot down by AAA Jul 3, 1951.
383 make first air-to-air kill of the Korean War on Jun 27, 1950 as part of the 68th FAWS. Piloted by
1st Lt William A. Hudson and 1st Lt Carl S. Fraser.
46-384 ... 46-388
North American P-82H Twin Mustang
MSN 150-38270/38274
Redesignated F-82H in 1948.
386 with 449th AWS at Ladd Field in 1953
387 with 449th AWS at Ladd Field in 1953
46-389 ... 46-404
North American P-82G Twin Mustang
MSN 150-38275/38290
Redesignated F-82G in 1948.
390 with 449th AWS at Ladd Field in 1953
391 (51st FIG, 4th FS) in midair collision with F-80C 49-704 between
Fukuoka and Ashiya AB, Japan Sep 29, 1950.
394 (6160th ABW, 68th FIS) MIA Mar 14, 1951.
399 (6160th ABW, 68th FIS) MIA Jan 27, 1951.
400 (6160th ABW, 68th FIS) crashed near K-14 Dec 7, 1950.
402 (51st FIG, 68th FIS) MIA Jul 6, 1950.
403 named "Miss Carriage" with 4th FS.
46-405 ... 46-495
North American P-82F Twin Mustang
MSN 149-38291/38381
Redesignated F-82F in 1948.
407 to reclamation at McChord AFB Apr 4, 1951
441 to reclamation at McChord aFB Apr 4, 1951
451 with 449th AWS at Ladd Field in 1953
454 crashed Knoxville, Tennessee May 9, 1950. Pilot killed.
468 flying out of Mitchel Field on May 4, 1949 crashed into residential neighborhood of
Hempstead, New York. The plane burst into flames but pilot and radar observer survived.
46-496 ... 46-504
North American P-82H Twin Mustang
MSN 150-38382/38390
Redesignated F-82H in 1948.
501 with 449th AWS at Ladd Field in 1953.
46-255 ... 46-354
North American P-82E Twin Mustang
MSN 144-38141/38240. Redesignated F-82E in 1948.
255 scrapped at Robins AFB Apr 1951.
256 (MSN 144-38142) to NACA Jan 1950 as 133, redesignated EF-82E. Sold March 1954 to Walter
Soplata. Noted in Jun 1971 in Walter Soplata collection. Registered Apr 7, 1997 to
Wizzard Investments Ltd as G-BXEI; believed never arrived in UK as reregistered N142AM May 1998
Both 46-255 and 46-265 have been quoted, but it appears that only 46-256 is correct.
To Amjet/Polar Aviation Museum, Anoka County, MN May 11, 1998-2000.
To Chris and Patrick Harker Aviation Services 2000-2002 to be restored to
airworthy conditon.
259 to reclamation at Robbins AFB Apr 24, 1951
261 to reclamation at Robbins AFB Apr 24, 1951
262 at USAF History and Traditions Museum, Lackland AFB, TX.
263 to reclamation at Robbins AFB Apr 24, 1951
264 to reclamation at Robbins AFB Apr 24, 1951
267 to reclamation at Robbins AFB Mar 1, 1951.
268, 271, 275, 276, 278, 285, 286, 288, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296/300, 305, 307,
310, 313/315, 317/326, 329/332, 337/339, 342/345, 347, 349/352 to reclamation Robbins
AFB 24 Apr 1951
348 to reclamation Ladd AFB, AK 15 Apr 1951
46-355 ... 46-383
North American P-82G Twin Mustang
MSN 150-38241/38269
Redesignated F-82G in 1948.
357 (6160th ABW, 68th FIS) MIA May 28, 1951 20 mi N of 38th parallel.
364 (6160th ABW, 68th FIS) destroyed on ground at Suwon, Korea
Jun 29, 1950 by enemy aircraft.
373 (6160th ABW, 68th FIS) crashed 5 my NW of Brady AB, Japan Feb 12, 1951.
375 (6160th ABW, 67th FIS) crashed Dec 16, 1950.
377 was last operational F-82 and was officially retired Nov 12, 1953
at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
378 (6160th ABW, 68th FIS) shot down by AAA Jul 3, 1951.
383 make first air-to-air kill of the Korean War on Jun 27, 1950 as part of the 68th FAWS. Piloted by
1st Lt William A. Hudson and 1st Lt Carl S. Fraser.
46-384 ... 46-388
North American P-82H Twin Mustang
MSN 150-38270/38274
Redesignated F-82H in 1948.
386 with 449th AWS at Ladd Field in 1953
387 with 449th AWS at Ladd Field in 1953
46-389 ... 46-404
North American P-82G Twin Mustang
MSN 150-38275/38290
Redesignated F-82G in 1948.
390 with 449th AWS at Ladd Field in 1953
391 (51st FIG, 4th FS) in midair collision with F-80C 49-704 between
Fukuoka and Ashiya AB, Japan Sep 29, 1950.
394 (6160th ABW, 68th FIS) MIA Mar 14, 1951.
399 (6160th ABW, 68th FIS) MIA Jan 27, 1951.
400 (6160th ABW, 68th FIS) crashed near K-14 Dec 7, 1950.
402 (51st FIG, 68th FIS) MIA Jul 6, 1950.
403 named "Miss Carriage" with 4th FS.
46-405 ... 46-495
North American P-82F Twin Mustang
MSN 149-38291/38381
Redesignated F-82F in 1948.
407 to reclamation at McChord AFB Apr 4, 1951
441 to reclamation at McChord aFB Apr 4, 1951
451 with 449th AWS at Ladd Field in 1953
454 crashed Knoxville, Tennessee May 9, 1950. Pilot killed.
468 flying out of Mitchel Field on May 4, 1949 crashed into residential neighborhood of
Hempstead, New York. The plane burst into flames but pilot and radar observer survived.
46-496 ... 46-504
North American P-82H Twin Mustang
MSN 150-38382/38390
Redesignated F-82H in 1948.
501 with 449th AWS at Ladd Field in 1953.
