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Bureau #: 82640 Construction #: 4487 Civil Registration: None |
Model: F4U-1D Corsair Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2011 |
History:
Delivered to US Navy as Bu. 82640.
War Memorial Museum of Virginia, Newport News, VA, 1949-1985.
- Port wing cut off to fascilitate display.
Steve McClellan/Confederate Air Force, Virginia Beach, VA, 1985-1998.
Gerald Yagen/Training Services, Inc/Fighter Factory, Virginia Beach, CA, 1998-2005.
- Stored, Norfolk, VA.
Murray Griffiths/Precision Aerospace Products, Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 2005-2011.
Shipped to Australia, 2006.
- Under restoration to airworthy using sections of Bu. 87833.
Previously incorrectly identified as Bu. 82811.
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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): Glenn Cooke via Rob Mears. Research Assistance: None |
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