Dan Johnson
April 8, 2004 at 6:51 pm

Those Kurile Isles P63 Kingcobras

I remember a thread a while back where Mark12 I believe posted some images of the bits and pieces of Kurile Isle P63 KingCobra wreckoveries.

Were there and serial numbers ever attached to those? I seem to recall that there were 4 Cobras found.

Does anyone know where they ended up? Any markings evident beyond the red stars? I’d like to do a profile or two of them if there is enough info to go on.

I’ve gotten a bit Cobra happy lately, just for something new.

My first profile of a Lend Lease P63A that I think turned out OK.

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By: Dan Johnson - 8th April 2004 at 20:07

Thanks for the ID’s Mark. I’ve always liked the Kingcobra, probably due to having grown up near Crystal Airport in Minnesota where Jack Sandberg housed his P63 Racer “Tipsy Miss”.

Nothing like the sight of a bright orange Cobra roaring over the house to get the blood pumping.

I guess I’ll have to do the two ID’d Kurile 63s in the basic camo they would have worn on delivery.

Oh to win the lottery just once 🙂

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By: Mark12 - 8th April 2004 at 19:37

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By: Mark12 - 8th April 2004 at 19:36

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By: Mark12 - 8th April 2004 at 19:34

Dan,

The four P-63s are still here. I was looking at them only last week.

Two of the identities are visible, stencilled at the bottom of the door aperture…44-4368 & 44-4315.

We need a buyer to beat a path to the Hunt Bros.

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By: Distiller - 8th April 2004 at 19:30

http://oksquad.free.fr/bells.htm

USSR got 2397 P-63 (21 were lost on transfer). Hard to figure out the s/n of some wrecks on the Kuriles.