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After is's crash in 1981.
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Bureau #: 97288 Construction #: 9442 Civil Registered: N4907M Model: F4U-4 Name: None Status: Stored Last info: 2001 |
History: Robert Bean, Hereford, AZ, 1959. Delivered to FA Hondurena as FAH 612, 1960-1978. George Heaven & Jim Nettle/Hollywood Wings, Long Beach, CA, 1978. - Recovered from Honduras. Robert L. Ferguson & Howard E. Pardue, Breckenridge, TX, Dec. 1978-1979. - Registered as N4907M. - Delivered from Tegucigalpa AB to Houston TX. Terry Randal/Har-Ran Aviation, Tulsa, OK, 1979. Joseph L. Bellantoni, Port Chester, NY, June 5, 1980-1981. - Click HERE for newspaper article of 97288's arrival in CT. (198kb) - Crashed on take-off, Stratford, CT, June 7, 1981. -- Bellantoni fatally injured. -- Click HERE for newspaper article of the crash. (278kb) John Roxbury, Princeton, MN, 1981. - Acquired wreckage. Conrad Egan, Chanhassen, MN, 1988. Tim McPherson, Page, ND, 1991-2001. - Stored, incomplete restoration project. |
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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. Photo Source(s): Frank W. Dercerbo |
