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44-83886 ... 44-83887 (EXACT MATCH)
North American XP-82 Twin Mustang
MSN 120-43742/43743
83886 Assigned to Wright Field, OH.  Assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory, later 
as NACA Langley Research Center, Langley Field, VA Jun 6, 1948 to Oct 5, 1955.
Registered as NACA 114.  Salvage, Langley AFB, VA
83887 Accepted by the USAAF Sep 11, 1945.  Returned to North American Aviation for testing.
Delivered to USAAF Mar 18, 1946 for performance tests
Assigned to NACA Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory, Lewis Field, Cleveland, OH Oct 1947.
Code PQ-887, also FQ-887.
Used for high altitude test work.  Later used to test Marquardt ram jet engines.
On 25 February 1950 the aircraft received substantial damage as it slid off an icy runway.
Sold to Walter Soplata after accident mid-1950.  Now with the Walter 
Soplata collection, Newbury, OH.  Reported in June 2008 issue
of "Aircraft Illustrated" to be under restoration to fly at
Kissimmee, FL.