Originally Posted by Nutloose
Was sold recently to Germany, so it was a German and French owned American Aircraft over England......... hope that clears things up
Actually, it is (was) an Australian-made aircraft mated with parts from an ex-Philippine Air Force American-made aircraft with Franco/German owners flying over England.
A68-192 G-HAEC " Big Beautiful Doll " 8 March, 1951: Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
1951: RAAF
1958: VH-FCB (F.C. Braund)
1961: (Jack McDonald)
1969: PI-C651 Philippines (Prontino Inc.)
1973: crashed on landing, rebuilt using 44-72917 (ex-Phillippine AF P-51)
1981: VR-HIU (Hong Kong)
1985: rebuilt "CV H", shipped to UK
1985: G-HAEC, "Ding Hao", "Missy Wong from Hong Kong", "RAAF A68-192"