| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | Not known |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Bell 400 Airacobra |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Bell P-39/400 Airacobra |
| Aircraft Version: | Bell P-39N Airacobra |
| C/n (msn): | Not known |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Aircraft Name: | Small Fry |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | ChinoMap |
| Region / Country: | California, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KCNO IATA: CNO Local: CNO Other: - |
| Collection: | Planes of Fame Air Museum |
| Photo Date: | December 1980 |
| Photo by: | Gary Vincent |
| Photo ID: | 466313 |
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Reported as both 42-4949 and 42-19027 both of which were recovered by David Tallichet in the early 70s. The 5th Air Force assigned this Airacobra to New Guinea in June 1943. The aircraft was abandoned at Tadji Airfield and remained there for thirty years until recovered in 1974. Pictured on static display at the Planes of Fame Museum, it was sold to Fred Johnson of the Museum Aeronautica in Tacoma WA in 1987 with the intention of making it airworthy. With wartime names "Small Fry" on the right and "Little Sir Echo" on the left, it returned to the Planes of Fame Museum in 2002 where it remains on display. This photo is copyright © Gary Vincent, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 5 June 2022, and has since been viewed 406 times. |