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Bureau #: 133704 Construction #: ?? Civil Registration: None |
Model: F4U-7 Corsair Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2011 |
History:
Delivered to U.S. Navy as Bu. 133704, 19??.
Delivered to Aeronavale as 704.
US Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, FL, 1965-1972.
USS Alabama Memorial Commision, Mobile, AL, 1977-2005.
- Displayed outside as Marines/129539/LD-15.
- Displayed indoors, Marines/LD-10, 1998-2005.
- Damaged during Hurricane Katrina when the storm surge lifted other display aircraft and they
settled on Bu. 133704, August 29, 2005.
San Diego Air & Space Museum, San Diego, CA, 2008-2011.
- Dismantled and trucked to SDASM Gillespie Field Annex, 2008.
- Rebuild/restoration for static display.
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008. |
Photo Source(s): Timothy Cox Photography. Research Assistance: None |
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