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Bureau #: 08825
Construction #: A-212
Civil Registration:
  N4965V
Model: F6F-3
Name: None
Status: Under restoration
Last info: 2002
  History:
Michael E. Coutches, Hayward, CA, 1959-1962.
- Registered as N4965V.
Wayne B. Fowler, Shaw Island, WA, 1964-1966.
Charles F. Willis/Willisco Inc, New York, NY, 1968-1972.
- Operated by c/o Alaska Airlines, Seattle, WA.
- Flew as Little Nugget.
Willard Compton, Canby, OR, 1975-2002.
- Crashed and badly damaged, Canby, OR, June 12, 1977.
- Long term restoration project.



Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Stephen Rister's Warbird View, www.caprok.net/warbirds/hellcat.htm, 2002.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Photo Source(s):
Olsen, Ron - Ron's Archive, ronsarchive.home.attbi.com, 2002