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CORSAIR/Bu. 97059

Vought Corsair

Bureau #: 97059
Construction #: -
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model: F4U-4 Corsair
Name: None
Status: Stored
Last info: 2003

History:
Delivered to U.S. Navy as Bu. 97059, 19??.
Delivered to FA Hondurena as FAH617, 1960-1978.
Honduran Air Museum, Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 1978-2003?.
- Remains of center section and starboard wing stored.

Rear Fuselage History:
George Heaven & Jim Nettle/Hollywood Wings, Long Beach, CA, 1978-1979.
- Rear Fuselage.
- Recovered from Honduras, 1979.
Earl Ware, Jacksonville, FL, 1981.
- Fuselage hulk "FAH 617" in yard, Jacksonville, FL, 1981.
- Rear fuselage used in restoration of F4U-4/Bu. 96885.
Lori Crown, Bakersfield, CA, ????-2003.
- Stored.

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):
None

Research Assistance:

Rob Mears.

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