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Bureau #: 3872 Construction #: 754 Civilian Registration: None Model: F4F-3 Name: None Status: Display Last info: 2004 |
History: Manufactured on June 11, 1941. Delivered to USN as Bu. 3872, 19??. - Assigned to USS Wolverine. - Ditched in Lake Michigan, Aug. 17, 1943. National Museum Of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL, 1991-2004. - Recovered by USNAM, 1991. - Loaned to Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum/USS Yorktown, Mt. Pleasant, SC, 1994. - Restored to static display condition, 1997. - Displayed, Pensacola, in VF-72 colors. - Marked as 3872/72-F-7. |
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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. Photo Source(s): Linda Carry. |
