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CORSAIR/Bu. 88026
Vought Corsair Bu. 88026
Bureau #: 88026
Construction #: 2840
Civil Registration:
  None
   Model: FG-1D Corsair
Name: None
Status: Restoration
Last info: 2007
History:
Delivered to U.S. Navy as Bu. 88026, 19??.
Displayed as a war memorial at Cuyahoga Airport, OH, 1947-1950.
Walter Soplata Collection, Newbury, OH, 1965-2002.
- Trucked to Soplata Farm.
- Open storage unconverted as USN/00/Akron.
Ken McBride, San Martin, CA, 2007.
- Dismantled and trucked to San Martin, CA, 2007.
- Under restoration to airworthy.
Vought Corsair Bu. 88026
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.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008.
 Photo Source(s):
R.J. Haskin
Rodney Williams via Rob Mears.
Research Assistance:
None
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