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Bureau #: 01747
Construction #: 2781
Civil Registration(s):
  None
Model: TBF-1C
Name: None
Status: Stored
Last info: 2002
   History:
Delivered to U.S. Navy as 01747, 19??.
- Ditched in Lake Michigan, near Chicago, IL, June 11, 1943.
-- Off Carrier Wolverine.
US Naval Aviation Musum, NAS Pensacola, FL, 1991-2002.
- Recovered from Lake Michigan, 1991.
- Loaned to Bob Pond/Planes Of Fame East, for restoration.
- Currently Stored.
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):
None.