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F6F HELLCAT/Bu. 08825
Grumman F6F Hellcat Bu. 08825
Bureau #: 08825
Construction #: A-212
Civil Registration:
  N4965V
Model(s):
  F6F-3 Hellcat
Name: None
Status: Restoration
Last info: 2018
Delivered to the United States Navy as Bu. 08825.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
Michael E. Coutches, Hayward, CA, 1959-1962.
- Registered as N4965V.
- Open storage.
Wayne B. Fowler, Shaw Island, WA, 1964-1966.
- Coverted to sprayer/fire bomber.
- Flew iin yellow scheme with large red tanks under wings.
Charles F. Willis/Willisco Inc, New York, NY, 1968-1972.
- Operated in Alaska Airlines color scheme.
- Based in Seattle, WA.
- Flew as Little Nugget.
Willard Compton, Canby, OR, September 8, 1975.
- Struck ditches during forced landing, near Canby, OR, June 12, 1977.
- Wreckage stored and parts collected for a long-term rebuild project.
Jack Croul/Allied Fighters Inc, Chino, CA, 2011-2018.
- Restoration to airworthy Caldwell, ID, 2011-2018.
- Bu. 41476 used as pattern for required jigs.
Grumman F6F Hellcat Bu. 08825
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-6th Edition, 2023.
Photo Source(s):
Ron Olsen/Ron's Archive

Research Assistance:
Stephen Rister's Warbird View