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    Airframe Family: Bell 12/13/15/23/26/24/33/43 / P-39 Airacobra / P-63 Kingcobra
    Latest Model:P-63C-5-BE Kingcobra
    Last Military Serial:44-4321 USAAF
    Construction Number:33-906
    Last Civil Registration:N909B
    Compressed ID:Bell P-63C-5-BE sn 44-4321 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Cornelia B. Desanto, Dallas, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-63C-5-BE.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-4321.

    From 1946 to 1950

    To Steve Wittman, Oshkosh with new c/r N69797.

    From 30 August 1946 to 2 September 1946

    Raced as #4.
    Competed at the National Air Races Cleveland in the Thompson Trophy Reciprocating Division race. The primary pilot was Steve Wittman. Qualified in 7th place with an average speed of 358.090 mph. Raced in the B Feature race. Finished in 8th place with an average speed of 341.225 mph.

    1947


    Photographer: Malcolm Gougan Collection

    From 10 January 1947 to 12 January 1947

    Raced as #4.
    Competed in the Miami All American Air Maneuvers event. The primary pilot was Steve Wittman. Raced in the One Mile Course race. Finished in 4th place with an average speed of 284.960 mph.


    Photographer: Unknown

    From 30 August 1947 to 1 September 1947

    Raced as #4.
    Competed at the National Air Races Cleveland in the Tinnerman Trophy race. The primary pilot was S.J Wittman. Qualified in 13th place with an average speed of 362.914 mph. Raced in the B Feature race. Finished in 3rd place with an average speed of 339.467 mph.

    Circa 1949


    Photographer: Charles M. Daniels
    Notes: Flown by Steve Wittman (of Oshkosh fame) in the 1947 Tinnerman race.

    Markings Applied: 4

    10 August 1949

    To Cornelia B. Desanto, Dallas, TX with new c/r N909B.

    15 September 1949

    Civil registration, N909B, cancelled.
    Cancelled.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Air Racing Results by Gary Williams
    Unlimited Air Racers (1992 Motorbooks International) by Don Berliner
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Society of Air Racing Historians
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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