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Bureau #: 66237
Construction #: A-1257
Civ. Reg.: None
Model: F6F-5
Name: None
Status: Static Display
Last info: 2001
   History:
Delivered to USN as 66237, 19??.
- Ditched, Pacific Ocean, near San Diego, CA, Jan. 12, 1944.
- Flown by Ensign Robert F. Thomas.
- Recovered from 3400 ft by USN, Oct. 9, 1970.
San Diego Air & Space Museum, San Diego, CA, 1972.
Pima County Air Museum, Tucson, AZ, 1974-1992.
- Displayed as Z11.
National Museum Of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL, 1992-2002.
- Restored by Roy Stafford, Herlong, FL.
- Displayed as VF-31/USS Cabot.

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):
Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2003