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Bureau #: 41834 Construction #: A-3100 Civil Registry: None |
Model(s): F6F-3K Hellcat Name: None Status: Display Last info: 2008 |
Rolled of assembly line on Feb. 4, 1944.
Delivered to U.S. Navy as Bu. 41834, 1944.
- Allocated to VF-15, San Diego, CA, Feb. 27, 1944.
- Transferred to Pearl Harbor and used as training and patrol aircraft.
-- shipped on USS Hornet - Converted to Target Drone post-war.
- Flew radiotivity monitoring flight over Bikini Island, July 1, 1946.
- Transferred aircraft to Smithsonian, July 1, 1946.
NASM, Silver Hill, MD, Oct. 4, 1960-1983.
- Stored.
- Loaned to Yorktown Association, Charleston, SC, Oct. 1976-1981.
-- Displayed on USS Yorktown, Mt. Pleasant, SC.
NASM, Silver Hill, MD, 1981.
- Stored.
- Restored for static display by Grumman Corp, Bethpage, NY, 1983.
NASM, Washington DC, 1987-1988.
NASM/Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, MD, 1989-2001.
- Displayed as 41834/37 until 1996.
- Stored from 1996-2001.
NASM, Washington DC, 2001-2008.
- Displayed as 41834/37.
- Moved to Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, 2003-2008.
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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): Dave Hackett Research Assistance: - |
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