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CORSAIR/Bu. 14693
Vought Corsair Bu. 14693
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Bureau #: 14693
Construction #: ??
Civil Registration:
  N5590N
   Model: F2G-1 Corsair
Name: None
Status: Partial airframe
Last info: 2002
History:
Delivered to US Navy as Bu. 14693, 19??.
Cook Cleland, circa 1948-1949
- 2nd Place, 1947 Thompson Trophy Race, Bob Becker pilot
- Did not Finish 1948 Thompson Trophy Race, Engine problems, Cook Cleland Pilot
- Winner, 1949 Thompson Trophy Race, Cook Cleland Pilot
- Winner, 1949 Allegheny Ludlum Award for fastest lap in the Thompson Trophy Race
Crawford Auto and Aviation Museum, Cleveland, OH, circa 1955-2002.
- Powerplant and propeller unit in storage.
- Engine mount to Bob Odegaard for use in 88457.
Reported to have been used by local fire department for training purposes once N5590N's racing career was over. Eventually this resulted in the airframe being destroyed in 1955. Powerplant and propeller unit salvaged by Crawford Auto and Aviation Museum.
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):
Dick Phillips
Unknown.
Emil Strasse.
H.M. Fasmacht.
Research Assistance:
Rob Mears
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