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F6F HELLCAT/Bu. 94385
Grumman F6F Hellcat Bu. 94385
Bureau #: 94385
Construction #:
  A-12137
Civil Registration:
  N7861C
Model(s):
    F6F-5 Hellcat
Name: None
Status: Stored
Last info: 2023
Delivered to the United States Navy as Bu. 94385.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
Michael E. Coutches, Hayward, CA, 1961.
- Registered as N7861C.
Tom O'Connor/CAF, Victoria, TX, September 1961-1966.
- Certificate of airworthiness issued, January 1, 1962.
Henry L. Gardner/CAF, Victoria, TX, 1969.
- Crashed, Victoria, TX, October 12, 1969.
- Wheels up landing, destroyed by fire.
Michael E. Coutches/American Aircraft Sales, Livermore, CA, August 24, 1971-2023.
- Acquired wreckage.
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, 2025.
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