Subject: Number 105 in the Series--Republic F-105 Thunderchief (3 of 9)

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Date: 4 Feb 94 18:29:00 GMT

>From [email-masked]

The designation RF-105B was assigned to a projected photographic 
reconnaissance version of the F-105B.  Three prototypes were ordered 
with serial numbers 54-0105, 54-0108, and 54-0112.  The contract for 
the RF-105B was cancelled in July of 1956, but the three aircraft were 
completed as JF-105B without the photographic equipment and were used 
for various tests.  

Serials of JF-105B:

54-105			Republic JF-105B-1-RE Thunderchief
54-108			Republic JF-105B-1-RE Thunderchief
54-112			Republic JF-105B-2-RE Thunderchief

References:

  United States Military Aircraft Since 1909, Gordon Swanborough and
  Peter M. Bowers, Smithsonian, 1989.

  The American Fighter, Enzo Angelucci and Peter Bowers, Orion, 1987.

  Fighters of the United States Air Force, Robert F. Dorr and
  David Donald, Temple Press Aerospace, 1990.

  American Combat Planes, Third Enlarged Edition, Ray Wagner, Doubleday,
  1982.

  Post-World War II Fighters, 1945-1973, Marcelle Size Knaack,
  Office of Air Force History, 1986. 

  The World Guide to Combat Planes, William Green, MacDonald, London, 1966

  The World's Fighting Planes, William Green, Doubleday, 1964.

  The Aircraft of the World, William Green and Gerald Pollinger, Doubleday,
  1965.

  The Thunder Factory, Joshua Stoff, Motorbooks, 1990.

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