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Bureau #: 97143 Construction #: 9297 Civil Registration: N96042 N713JT Model: F4U-4 Name: Korean War Hero Status: Crashed Last info: 2002 |
History: Registered as N96042 by ??, 1977. Charles T. Unkle, Homestead, FL, 1984. Joseph & James Tobul, Pittsburgh, PA, Feb. 13 1985-2002. - Restored to airworthy, Wexford, PA, 1985-1991 - Registered as N713JT. - First flight Dec. 8, 1991. - Damaged in wheels up landing after aborted take-off, Allendale, SC, Apr. 1993. - Repaired, first flight Dec. 1997. - Crashed and destroyed in fatal accident during airshow, Columbia, SC, Nov. 10, 2002. -- Joe Tobul was fatally injured in the crash. |
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):
Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002