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Bureau #: 122614 Construction #: D.988 Civil Registration: N7957C Model: F8F-2P Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2002 |
History: Lyloyd Nolan/Lefty Gardner/Bearcat & Co/CAF, Mercedes, TX, 1958-1969. - Purchased surplus from NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, for $805. - Registered as N7957C. - Damaged after wheels up landing, Mercedes, TX, Aug. 23, 1968. Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX, 1973-1974. - Crashed during forced landing, May 1974. Stephen Grey/The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, 1987-1991. - Wreck stored disassembled, Chino, CA, 1987-1991. Steve Hinton, John Maloney & Kevin Eldridge, Chino, CA, 1992-2002. - Under restoration to airworthy, Chino, CA. |
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):
Tony Andrews
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