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Corsair/BuNo. 97388


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Bureau #: 97388
Construction #: 9542
Civil Registration:
  N72378
Model: F4U-4
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002
  History:
Robert Bean, Hereford, AZ, 1959.
Delivered to FA Hondurena as FAH 610, 1960.
George Heaven & Jim Nettle/hollywood Wings, Long Beach, CA, 1978-1979.
- Collection of components.
Earl Ware, Jacksonville, FL, 1981.
- Fuselage hulk of FAH 610 in back yard.
Gerald S. Beck/Tri-State Warbird Collection, Wahpeton, ND, 1982-1997.
Gerald S. Beck, Wahpeton, ND, Apr. 23, 1997-2002.
- Registered as N72378.
- Restored to airworthy.
- Flown as USN/97388/310/C.

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):
Chuck Gardner/Warbirds Resource Group, Dan Johnson