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SNJ-5/Bu. 51698

Bureau #: 51698
Construction #: 88-14446
Civil Registration:
  N7986C
Model(s):
  SNJ-5
Name: None
Status: Displayed (2019)
Last info: 2021
History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 51698, 19??.
450 Corp, Denver, CO, 1963-1964.
  • Registered as N7986C.
John E. Adams, Phoenix, AZ, 1966.
  • Damaged when aircraft ran off runway during landing & struck parked PA-23/N5331Z, Bailey Crossroads, VA, November 5, 1968.
20th Century Fox Film Corp, Hollywood, CA, circa 1967-1971.
  • Converted to Zero replica at Long Beach, CA, circa 1968.
  • Used in movie Tora! Tora! Tora!.
  • Noted in open storage Long Beach, CA, 1969-1971.
  • Sold at auction Long Beach, CA, February 1971.
EAA Aviation Foundation, Oshkosh, WI, 1972-1984.
Rudy A. Frasca/Frasca Air Museum, Champaign, IL, July 22, 1987-2021.
  • Flown in Japanese scheme as 147 with tiger nose art.
Lucille Frasca, Urbana, IL, April 12, 2021.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Manfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2020.
Flightaware.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
Photo Source(s):
None.

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