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Bureau #: 124724 Construction #: ?? Civil Registration: N49051 N4901E F-AZEG |
Model: F4U-5NL Corsair Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2010 |
History:
Built by Chance, Dallas, TX, 1951.
Delivered to U.S. Navy as Bu. 124724.
- BOC: September 26, 1951.
- SOC: March 1956.
- Assigned to VC-3, April 1952.
-- Flew with Det. B on the U.S.S. Valley Forge, December 1952-June 1953.
-- Flew with Det. H on the U.S.S. Boxer, August 1953-November 1953.
- Stored, Litchfield Park, AZ, November 1953.
Delivered to Hondurena as FAH 600, March 1956-1978.
George Heaven & Jim Nettle/Hollywood wings, Long Beach, CA, 1978-1979.
- Emergency landing on delivery flight at Belize, December 1979.
- Repaired and ferried to Long Beach, January 1980.
Registration N49051 reserved but not taken up, 19??.
Robert L. Ferguson & Howard E. Pardue, Breckenridge, TX, 1979-1980
- Registered N4901E.
Terry Randall/John Rouke, Tulsa, OK, 1983.
Phillip Bass, Fairhope, AL, 1983-1984.
Ralph C. Parker, Wichita Falls, TX, 1984-1986.
Amicale Jean Baptiste Salis, La Ferte-Alais, March 1986-.
- Shipped to Amsterdam, Holland, April 21, 1986.
Jean Salis/Les Casques de Cuir Collection, La Ferte-Alais, March 1986-2010.
- Registered as F-AZEG.
- Flown as USN/12472/P-22 in VC-3 scheme.
La Ferte Alais, France, June 1987.
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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. Touchdown Aviation |
Photo Source(s): Bob Kennedy. Nigel Roling/Pentavia Digital Imaging Research Assistance: None |
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