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Bureau #: 12296 Construction #: 5956 Civil Registration: N3210D Model: F4F-3 Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2006 |
History: Delivered to U.S. Navy as 12296, 19??. - Assigned to U.S.S. Sable. - Ditched in Lake Michigan, June 21, 1943. National Museum Of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, 1991. - Recovered from Lake Michagan, Dec. 1, 1991. A & T Rcovery Inc, Batavia, IL, 1991. - Registered as N3210D, Dec. 1991. David P. Kensler/Warbirds Aircraft Restoration & Salvage Inc, Waterford, MI, Dec. 1991-1996. - Restored to airworthy, Pontiac, MI. - First flight, June 20, 1995. - Flew as 12296/F-1. John C. Dimmer, Tacoma, WA, 1996-2002. - Loaned to Olympic Flight Museum, Olympia Regional Airport, WA, 19??-2003. Pacific Air Museum, Ford Island, HI, 2006. |
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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. Brad Pilgrim. |
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