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Bureau #: 12320 Construction #: 5980 Civil Registry: N5254A Model: F4F-3 Name: None Status: Display Last info: 2003 |
History: Delivered to USN as Bu. 12320, 19??. - Assigned to U.S.S. Sable. - Ditched in Lake Michigan, Mar. 31, 1944. National Museum Of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL, Oct. 8, 1992-2003. - Recovered from Lake Michigan, 1992. - Restored from NMNA, Herlong, FL, 1992. - Loaned to USMCM, MCAS El Toro, CA, 1993-1997. -- Displayed as "6". - Restored for static display, duPage, IL, 1997. - Displayed at Chicago Airport as memorial for Butch O'Hare, 1998-2003. -- Displayed in Terminal Two, O'hare International Airport. -- Painted as aircraft flown by Butch O'Hare. |
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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): www.Warbirdsofindia.com BDK. |
