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Page 3 - The restoration

After the aircraft was struck off Air Force inventory in 1957 and aircraft ownership passed to the National Metals Corporation of Phoenix, Arizona on June 18, 1958. After eight years of civilian service, ownership passed to the tenth and final civilian owner, Consolidated Aircraft Sales of Fairfield, New Jersey. Consolidated Aircraft Sales eventually abandoned the aircraft in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1969. In 1971, the New England Air Museum took ownership of the aircraft from the City of Bridgeport.

In August 1971, the Museum arranged for transportation of the aircraft to its museum facilities in Windsor Locks.

 

 

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