The technicians at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota fitted more skin and began riveting it in place on the wings for the Dakota Territory Aviation Museum's P-47D Thunderbolt during December, 2020. (image via AirCorps Aviation)
Warbird Digest has just received the December, 2020 report from Chuck Cravens concerning the restoration of the Dakota Territory Air Museum’s P-47D Thunderbolt 42-27609 at AirCorps Aviation in Bemidji, Minnesota. We thought our readers would be very interested to see how the project has progressed since our last article on this important project. So without further ado, here it goes!
Update
The newly-restored radio components arrived from John Castorina at Warbird Radios and permanent installation on the 5th Air Force, field-modified mounts has begun. The restoration technicians continue working hard on the wings, with new skin and wheel wheel completion the major tasks this month. Hydraulic plumbing and radio wiring is the focus of fuselage restoration.