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Aircraft Details
- Price: Call for Price
- Year: 1944
- Make/Model: Piper J3 L4H Cub
- Registration Number: G-BJAY
- Power: Piston
- Engines: 1 Engine
- Listing ID: 6821479
- Partner ID: 61631
- Posted On: Feb 9, 2025
- Updated On: Feb 10, 2025
Description
Piper Cub J3 L4 Battle of Bastogne Veteran
Serial 12086
USAF 44-79790
UK LAA Permit
Manufactured 1944
Airplane time state:
Engine Continental A65 (691hrs)
Airframe 144hrs since restoration
Slick mags 144hrs since new
Sensenich W72CK42 New 2011
Avionics
Trig 8.33
Interior
Immaculate and as original
Exterior
Original WW2 detail
PolyFiber fabric system
New Wing Spars 2011 during restoration
Univair gas struts 2011
Nose art is a one off by Romain Hugault
Additional Features
Sneaky Peak as she is known, was meticulously restored by Piper Cub Specialists, Aero Toiles Aquitaine in 2011 and has been maintained by them ever since.
She arrived in the UK in 1944, on the same ship, as the late Ken Wakefield's L4 Cub, and he makes reference to her in his article" Full Circle".
Along with her history there is a copy of the Pilot Robert Franke's logbook, referencing her flights during the Battle of the Bulge before relocating to Belgium for the Battle of Bastogne.
The logbook gives a day by day account of her flights in the battle zone.
