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CORSAIR/Bu. 88368

Vought Corsair Bu. 88368

Bureau #: 88368
Construction #: 3181
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model: FG-1D Corsair
Name: None
Status: Display
Last info: 2011

History:
Delivered to US Navy as Bu. 88368
- BOC: April 28, 1945
- SOC: 1947
- Assigned to VMF-211, Philippines, July 1945.
- Returned to U.S., Summer, 1946.
- Transferred to NAS San Diego, CA.
- Transferred to NAS Jacksonville, FL.
- Transferred to NAS Seattle, WA, May 1947.
- Ditched in lake Washington, June 1947.
Recovered in good condition from Lake Washington, WA, June 14, 1984.
Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum, Charleston, SC, 1987-2011.
- Static restoration, Paine Field, WA, 1984.
- Displayed on USS Yorktown, Mt. Pleasant, SC.

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.
Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2002.
www.f4ucorsair.com
Photo Source(s):
Kenn Smith

Research Assistance:

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