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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:Sabre 31
    Last Military Serial:A94-923 RAAF
    Construction Number:CA27-023
    Compressed ID:Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation S...
    Latest Owner or Location:Letnany Airfield - Stara Aerovka, Kbely, Praha (Prague), Prague

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Sabre 31 by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation.

    30 June 1955

    First flight.

    25 July 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A94-923.

    25 July 1955

    Transferred to 1 AD.

    9 September 1955

    Transferred to 2 OCU.
    Sent to 2 OCU for flight trials.

    28 February 1956

    Transferred to 3 Squadron.

    24 January 1957

    Involved in an incident.
    Engine failure followed by a successful restart.

    10 June 1959

    Transferred to 2 OCU.

    24 May 1962

    Transferred to 81 Wing.

    12 March 1965

    Transferred to 3 AD.
    Sent to 3 AD for conversion to components (spares).

    16 June 1965

    Taken on Strength/Charge.

    August 1965

    Converted to components.

    To Toowoomba Air Museum.
    Only the forward fuselage went to the musuem.

    By 1966

    Spotted in a scrapyard at Northgate, Brisbane.

    By 1973

    To Toowoomba Aero Museum/Les Arthur, Toowoomba, QLD.

    To Geoff Moesker, Brisbane, QLD.

    1998

    To David Saunders/Western Warbirds, Perth-Jandakot, WA.

    26 May 1998

    Moved to Jandakot, Western Australia.

    1998

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: A94-923
    Static restoration at Jandakot using the rear fuselage of A94-954.

    By 1999

    To Letecke Muzeum (Aviation Museum of the Military Historical Institute), Kbely, Praha (Prague), Prague.
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    10 September 2003


    Photographer: John Bennett

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Letnany Airfield-Stara Aerovka, Kbely, Praha (Prague), Prague.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Military Out of Service 2007 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Australian Defense Force Serials
    Euro Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Individual Contributors
     Marcin Rogowski
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