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Bureau #: 97288 Construction #: 9442 Civil Registered: N4907M |
Model: F4U-4 Corsair Name: None Status: Stored Last info: 2001 |
History:
Delivered to U.S. Navy as Bu. 97288, 19??.
Robert Bean, Hereford, AZ, 1959.
Delivered to FA Hondurena as FAH 612, 1960-1978.
George Heaven & Jim Nettle/Hollywood Wings, Long Beach, CA, 1978.
- Recovered from Honduras.
Robert L. Ferguson & Howard E. Pardue, Breckenridge, TX, December 1978-1979.
- Registered as N4907M.
- Delivered from Tegucigalpa AB to Houston TX.
Terry Randal/Har-Ran Aviation, Tulsa, OK, 1979.
Joseph L. Bellantoni, Port Chester, NY, June 5, 1980-1981.
- Click HERE for newspaper article of 97288's arrival in CT.
- Crashed on take-off, Stratford, CT, June 7, 1981.
-- Bellantoni fatally injured.
-- Click HERE for newspaper article of the crash.
John Roxbury, Princeton, MN, 1981.
- Acquired wreckage.
Conrad Egan, Chanhassen, MN, 1988.
Tim McPherson, Page, ND, 1991-2001.
- Stored, incomplete restoration project.
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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): Frank W. Dercerbo Connecticut Air & Space Center/Jim Collings Research Assistance: None |
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