Registration / Serial:N87996
Alternate Serial:MM54-2626
Military Code:EI-282
Aircraft Original Type:Piper PA-18 Super Cub
Aircraft Generic Type:Piper PA-18 Super Cub (L-18/L-21/U-7)
Aircraft Version:Piper L-21B Super Cub
C/n (msn):18-4026
Display Paint:Italy - Army
City / Airport:Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (KOSH / OSH)Map
Region / Country:Wisconsin, United States
Event:EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023
Photo Date:26 July 2023
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Photo ID:668086Submit Correction
View count: 65
One of a batch of 355 L-21Bs supplied to European nations under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP) in the early 1950s, this aircraft went to the Italian Army as MM 54-2626, and has been restored in the colours it wore at that time. According to the late Joe Baugher's indispensable US Military Serials web site, the aircraft was assigned to the Alpine Squadron and used to patrol the border between Italy and Yugoslavia. It was accompanied at Oshkosh by sister-ship N33MT MM 54-2526 (q.v.) in matching colours, and they had been flown up together from Texas by the owner and his wife.
Registration / Serial:N87996
Alternate Serial:MM54-2626
Aircraft Version:Piper L-21B Super Cub
C/n (msn):18-4026
Display Paint:Italy - Army
City / Airport:Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (KOSH / OSH)Map
Region / Country:Wisconsin, United States
Photo Date:26 July 2023
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Registration / Serial:N87996
Alternate Serial:MM54-2626
Military Code:EI-282
Aircraft Original Type:Piper PA-18 Super Cub
Aircraft Generic Type:Piper PA-18 Super Cub (L-18/L-21/U-7)
Aircraft Version:Piper L-21B Super Cub
C/n (msn):18-4026
Display Paint:Italy - Army
City / Airport:Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (KOSH / OSH)Map
Region / Country:Wisconsin, United States
Event:EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2023
Photo Date:26 July 2023
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact
Photo ID:668086Submit Correction
View count: 65
One of a batch of 355 L-21Bs supplied to European nations under the Mutual Defense Assistance Program (MDAP) in the early 1950s, this aircraft went to the Italian Army as MM 54-2626, and has been restored in the colours it wore at that time. According to the late Joe Baugher's indispensable US Military Serials web site, the aircraft was assigned to the Alpine Squadron and used to patrol the border between Italy and Yugoslavia. It was accompanied at Oshkosh by sister-ship N33MT MM 54-2526 (q.v.) in matching colours, and they had been flown up together from Texas by the owner and his wife.
Registration / Serial:N87996
Alternate Serial:MM54-2626
Aircraft Version:Piper L-21B Super Cub
C/n (msn):18-4026
Display Paint:Italy - Army
City / Airport:Oshkosh - Wittman Regional (KOSH / OSH)Map
Region / Country:Wisconsin, United States
Photo Date:26 July 2023
Photo by:Roger SyrattContact