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Corsair/BuNo. 122184



Bureau #: 122184
Construction #: ?
Civil Registry:
  N3764A
  N4901E
  N49051
  N65HP
  N65WP
Model(s):
  F4U-5P
  F4U-5N
Name: None
Status: Airworthy?
Last info: 2002
  History:
Delivered to USMC as Bu122184, 19??-1956.
- Assigned to VMF(N)-513 and VMF212 in Korea.
- Stored NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, 1956.
Robert Bean, Hereford, AZ, 1956.
- Registered as N3764A.
Delivered to FA Hondurena as FAH 605, Mar. 1956-1978.
George Heaven & Jim Nettle/Hollywood Wings, Long Beach, CA, 1978.
- Registered as N4901E.
- Delivered from Tegucigalpa AB to Houston, Dec. 1978.
Hollywood Wings, Long Beach, CA, 1978.
- Registered as N49051.
Robert L. Ferguson & Howard E. Pardue, Breckenridge, TX, Dec. 1978-1979.
Hoawrd E. Pardue, Breckenridge, TX, Feb. 1979-1987.
- Registered as N65HP.
- Restored to airworthy, 1979.
- Flew as Marines.WF-6.
Robert J. Ready/Exec Aviation, Cincinatti, OH, Nov. 1987.
Exec Aviation Inc., Cincinatti, OH, Feb. 1988-1992.
- Arrived in Ohio on July 17, 1988.
- Registered as N65WF.
- Flown as VMF(N)-513/WF-6.
James E. Smith, Crystal Lakes Resort, Fortine, MT, Aug. 20, 1992-2002.

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