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F8F Bearcat/Bu. 90446

F8F Bearcat Bu. 904465

Bureau #: 90446
Construction #: D.10
Civil Registration:
  N99279
  N14HP
Model(s):
  XF8F-1 Bearcat
  F8F-1 Bearcat
  F8F-1D Bearcat
Name: Kimberly Brooke
Status: Destroyed
Last info: 2012

History:
Delivered to U.S. Navy as Bu. 90446.
- BOC: N/A.
- SOC: N/A.
National Air & Space Museum, 1952-1976.
- Stored at Silver Hill, MD.
Daryl G. Greenamyer, Van Nuys, CA, 1976.
- Exchanged with NASM for D.1020/N1111L.
George Enhorning/Wolcott Air Service, Wolcott, CT, March 1977-1983.
- Registered as N99279.
Howard E. Pardue/Breckenridge Aviation Museum, Breckenridge, TX, March 1983-2012.
- Registered as N14HP.
- Flown in Marines scheme as 14P, race #14.
- Badly damaged in runway collision with Corsair, Oshkosh, WI, July 9, 1999.
- Rebuilt, Breckenridge, TX, 2001-2002.
- First flight, 2002.
- Damaged when aircraft nosed over on landing, Breckenridge, TX, June 25, 2002.
- Crashed shortly after take-off and destroyed, Stephens County Airport, TX, April 4, 2012.
-- Pilot Howard Pardue fatally injured.

F8F Bearcat Bu. 904465

F8F Bearcat Bu. 904465

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