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CORSAIR/Bu. 97349
Vought Corsair Bu. 97349
Bureau #: 97349
Construction #: 9503
Civil Registration:
  None
   Model: F4U-4 Corsair
Name: None
Status: Display
Last info: 2010
History:
Delivered to U.S. Navy as Bu. 97349, 19??.
Robert Bean, Hereford, AZ, July 1956-1969.
- Planned sale to Honduran AF, not completed.
- Stored unconverted, Moseley Field, Phoenix, AZ, 1959-1969.
Tucson Inn, Tucson, AZ, 1973-1976.
- Displayed as Marines/MR15 (see below).
Arthur W. McDonnell, Mojave, CA, 1978-1980.
USMC Museum, Quantico, VA, 1979-2010.
- Loaned to Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, AZ, 1979-2002.
- Owned by USMC Museum.
- Displayed at Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL, 2010.
Reported id plates swapped between Bu97142 & 97349 during restoration at Mojave.
Vought Corsair Bu. 97349 WRG #: 0021290
Bu. 97349 during it's stay at the Tucson Inn, Tucson, AZ, mid-70s.
[Source: eLaReF]
Vought Corsair Bu. 97349 WRG #: 0021291
Bu. 97349 during it's stay at the Tucson Inn, Tucson, AZ, mid-70s.
[Source: eLaReF]
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):
Chuck Gardner
Research Assistance:
None
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