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Model: J3C-65
Year of construction: 1944
Manufacturer Serial n°: 12760
Sept. 29, 1944: delivered to US AAF as L4-J
US A.A.F. Serial n° 44-80464
Sept. 29, 1944: delivered to US AAF as L4-J
Oct. 1944: arrived by ship in France and
Dec 2, 1944: assigned to 9th Air Force
Dec 11, 1944: assigned to 8th Air Force
Served in WWII in the European Theater, Air Ground Forces ( Belgium, NL, Germany, Battle of the Bulge... )
June 13, 1947 decommissioned from US AAF
1947 : Delivered to COGEA
1947 : Reg. OO-GEK
1958 : Acquired by SABENA and Exported to CONGO
1961 : Reg. 9Q-CEK
1987 : Overhauled in Grimbergen and Reg. OO-CEK
2018 : Flight Squad Belgian Aviation Preservation Association (www.BAPA.aero)
Year of construction: 1944
Manufacturer Serial n°: 12760
Sept. 29, 1944: delivered to US AAF as L4-J
US A.A.F. Serial n° 44-80464
Sept. 29, 1944: delivered to US AAF as L4-J
Oct. 1944: arrived by ship in France and
Dec 2, 1944: assigned to 9th Air Force
Dec 11, 1944: assigned to 8th Air Force
Served in WWII in the European Theater, Air Ground Forces ( Belgium, NL, Germany, Battle of the Bulge... )
June 13, 1947 decommissioned from US AAF
1947 : Delivered to COGEA
1947 : Reg. OO-GEK
1958 : Acquired by SABENA and Exported to CONGO
1961 : Reg. 9Q-CEK
1987 : Overhauled in Grimbergen and Reg. OO-CEK
2018 : Flight Squad Belgian Aviation Preservation Association (www.BAPA.aero)
