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Bureau #: 97142 Construction #: 9296 Civil Registration: N3771A N4802X |
Model: F4U-4 Corsair Name: None Status: Static Display Last info: 2003 |
History:
Delivered to U.S. Navy as Bu. 97142, 19??.
Robert Bean, Hereford, AZ, 1959-1973.
- Registered as N3771A.
- Planned sale to Honduran AF, not completed.
- Stored unconverted, Moseley Field, Phoenix, AZ, 1967-1969.
- Stored dismantled, Tucson Airport, AZ, 1973.
- Marked as USN/Seattle/10.
Arthur W. McDonnell, Mojave, CA, 1978-1980.
- Stored unconverted, Mojave, CA for USMC.
USMC Museum, Quantico, VA, 1980-1984.
National Museum Of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL, April 1984-2003.
- Registration N4802X reserved, April 3, 1984.
- Displayed as 97349/WR-18.
- Later displayed on carrier deck diorama as Marines/86.
Reported id plates swapped between Bu97142 & 97349 during restoration at Mojave.
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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. |
Photo Source(s): Jim Buckel. Research Assistance: None |
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