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CORSAIR/Bu. 88090

Vought Corsair

Bureau #: 88090
Construction #: 2904
Civil Registration:
  None
  Model: FG-1D Corsair
Name: None
Status: Restoration
Last info: 2004

History:
Delivered to U.S. Navy as Bu. 88090, 19??.
Delivered to RNZAF as NZ5612, 19??.
Jack Asplin/Asplin's Supplies, Rukahia, NZ, May 1949-1971.
- Acquired as scrap.
- Displayed at Asplins's garage, Hamilton, NZ.
John Chambers, Auckland, NZ, 1969.
- Restoration project.
Museum of Transport & Technology, Auckland, NZ, 1972-1974.
Ross Jarratt, Ardmore, NZ, 1974-2004.
- Restoration project using F4U-1A/NZ5503.

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.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008.
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