F4F Wildcat/Bu. 12260
Bureau #: 12260
Construction #: 5920
Civil Registration:
N12260
Construction #: 5920
Civil Registration:
N12260
Model(s):
F4F-3 Wildcat
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2019
F4F-3 Wildcat
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2019
History:
Delivered to U.S. Navy as 12260, 19??.
Rod Lewis/Lewis Air Legends, San Antonio, TX, 2007-2019.
Delivered to U.S. Navy as 12260, 19??.
- Assigned to U.S.S. Wolverine.
- Ditched in Lake Michigan, May 1, 1944.
- Recovered by A&T Recoveries, 1991.
- Registered as N12260.
- Restored to airworthy.
- First flight, July 18, 1994.
- Flown as 12260/F-3.
Rod Lewis/Lewis Air Legends, San Antonio, TX, 2007-2019.
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.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page
Photo Source(s):
Travis Rutherford.
Research Assistance:
John Terrell
Travis Rutherford.
Research Assistance:
John Terrell
