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Closed Jim Church
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Jim Church:
Case #69 shows Al Letcher's beautiful Pacific Theater schemed -'Singapore
Sally,' which he rebuilt from one of the Indonesian Mustangs brought back to
the United States in the '70s by the late Steven Johnson. At the time it was
registered N8064V. This is s/n 44-72777, which is in actuality a
Mediterranean Theater combat veteran. This aircraft was the personal mount of
Maj. Ralph 'Doc' Watson of the 52nd FG, of the Fifteenth Air Force. Watson
was an ace with five kills to his credit. When Steve Seghetti purchased the
aircraft in 1984 and found out its true history, he repainted it in its
wartime markings. Although some controversy arose over the authenticity of
the markings applied by Seghetti, there is an existing wartime photo that
shows it to be correct. The aircraft is still owned by Seghetti, and is raced
by he and his son Brent at Reno as 'Race #68, Sparky.'
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