REQ Cerbaiola museum (Rimini)

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REQ Cerbaiola museum (Rimini)

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In the museum a F-86K is under restoration. It has no serial but wears code 51-60 and FIAT number nc.25. Anyone for it's MM-serial?

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F-86K: should be MM53-8297/51-60 with 207-25 with the following (known) history:

Fiat-build;
assembled by Fiat from NAA-built components. The MM numbers were not used for long, since in July 1957 an Italian AF general order was issued that USAF tail numbers should be used instead;
ex 1-10 1ªAerobrigata (feb57-oct57);
coded 1-10 and damaged landing at Istrana (TV) piloted by Tenente Pilota Vincenzo Paternico (31oct57);
ex 1-25 1ªAerobrigata;
ex 51-30 22°Gruppo/51ªAerobrigata (may59);
ex 51-34 22°Gruppo/51°Stormo;
ex 4-66 12°Gruppo COT/4ªAerobrigata;
ex 36-25 12°Gruppo/36°Stormo;
ex 51-67 23°Gruppo/51°Stormo (dec71-jan72);
instruction-airframe at Scuola Specialisti dell'Aeronautica Militare Italiana at Capua (CE) (sep91-may02);
stored at the airfield of Capua (CE) (23may03);
noted Elio Bentivoglio scrapyard situated off junction 16 of the Roma ring road on Via Prenestina approx 2 kms towards the city cen-
tre (feb04-24oct06);
noted on wooden crates without nose and canopy at Museo dell'Aviazione at Cerbaiola (RN) (12jun07)

Cordiali saluti and Servus!
Johan Mulder
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