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Bureau #: 122179
Construction #: ?
Civil Registration:
  N4903M
Model(s):
  F4U-5P
  F4U-5N
Name: None
Status: Wrecked
Last info: 2001
  History:
Delivered to FA Hondurena as FAH 604, March 1956-1978.
George Heavan & Jim Nettle/Hollywood Wings, Long Beach, CA, 1978-1979.
- Recovered from Honduras.
- Delivered from Tegucigalpa AB to Houston, TX, Dec. 1978.
Robert L. Ferguson & Howard E. Pardue, Breckenridge, TX, 1979.
- Registered as N4903M.
Barry A. Landry, Fairfield, NJ, 1980.
Barry Lansing/Mike Collier/Jack Goulding & Foy Midkiff/Banner Inc, Lubbock, TX, 1983-1984.
- Flew as Marines/BL-13.
- Crashed and badly damaged in forced landing in residential area, Alief near Houston, TX, Feb. 25. 1984.
Terry Randall/Har-Ran Aviation, Tulsa, OK, 1984.
Peter W. Thelen, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Dec. 1986-1988.
- Acquired wreckage.
- Parts used in rebuild of Bu123168/N179PT.
- ID transferred to N179PT.
Robert Collings, Stowe, MA, 1988.
- Acquired wreckage.
- Parts used in rebuild of Bu124692/N45NL.
John P. Silberman, Tampa, FL, 1991-2001.
- Acquired wreckage.

Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2002.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Photo Source(s):
None