Warplanes of the USA: Ohio, Dayton, National Museum of the USAF: Piper

Warplane Survivors USA: Ohio, Dayton, National Museum of the USAF: Piper

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Piper J-3 Cub (Serial No. 42-36446), c/n 8570, Reg. No. NC42050.  This Piper J-3 represents the contributions of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) to the U.S. Air Force. The J-3 on display is further identified as a J-3C-65-8 indicating it is a J-3 aircraft powered by a Model 8 Continental A-65 engine of 65 horsepower.  It is painted in the widely known Piper "Cub yellow".  The aircraft on display was donated in 1971 by the Greene County Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, of Xenia, Ohio.

(NMUSAF Photos)

Piper L-4A Grasshopper (Serial No. 42-36790), painted as (Serial No. 42-36389).  The L-4 on display in the NMUSAF is painted and marked to represent an L-4 that flew in support of the Allied invasion of North Africa in November 1942.  It was placed on display in April 1995.

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Piper PA-48 Enforcer (Serial No. 48-8301001), Reg. No. N481PE.

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