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F4F Wildcat/Bu. 12290
Grumman F4F Wildcat
Bureau #: 12290
Construction #: ?
Civil Registration:
  None
Model(s):
  F4F-3 Wildcat
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2019
History:
Delivered to US Navy as 12290, 1943.
  • Assigned to USS Sable.
  • Ditched in Lake Michigan, June 8, 1944.
National Museum of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL, 1997-2002.
  • Recovered by USNAM, September 5, 1996.
  • Stored, Unrestored, 1997-1999.
USS Midway Museum, North Island NAS, San Diego, CA, April 2008-2019.
  • Restoration started in 2008, completed and put on display in 2011.
Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page
Photo Source(s):
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Research Assistance:
John Terrell
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