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Bureau #: 14862 Construction #: 1871 Civil Registration: None |
Model(s): FG-1A Corsair Corsair Mk. IV Name: None Status: Displayed Last info: 2011 |
History:
Built as Bu. 14862 by Goodyear Aircraft Co, Akron, OH, 1944.
Delivered to Royal Navy FAA as KD431.
- Shipped to Lockheed, Glasgow, Scotland, 1944.
- Assigned to No. 23 Maintenance Unit (MU), Aldergrove, November, 8, 1944.
- Transferred to No. 48 MU, Hawarden, January 15, 1945.
- Transferred to Stretton, January 16, 1945 - Transferred to 835 Sqn, Eglinton, June 1945.
- Transferred to HMS Premier, July 29, 1945.
- Transferred to HMS Patroller, July 31, 1945.
- Transferred to 768 Sqn at RNAS Ballhalbert, September 1945.
- Transferred to HMS Premier, September, 17, 1945.
- Transferred to 768 Sqn, RNAS East Haven, October, 1945.
- Last known deck landing, December 7, 1945.
College of Aeronautics, Cranfield, July 3, 1946-1963.
M. D. N. “Bill” Fisher/Historical Aircraft Preservation Society, May 1963.
Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, UK, June 1963-2011.
- Displayed as KD431/E2-M.
- Restored for static display at Yeovilton, 1999-2005.
- Displayed as Royal Navy KD431/E2-M.
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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. Fleet Air Arm Museum |
Photo Source(s): Andy Court Research Assistance: - |
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