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Bureau #: 79683
Construction #:
  A-10828
Civil Registration:
  N7896C
  N4PP
Model: F6F-5K
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002
   History:
John A. Ortseifen, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 1963-1977.
- Registered as N7896C.
- Retired, Chicagoland Airport, IL, 1966-1977.
Preston Parish, Kalamazoo, MI, 1979-1981.
Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Kalamazoo, MI, July 1981-2002.
- Rebuilt Kalamazoo, first flight 1981.
- Airworthy but no longer flown.
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):
Harold Bailey via Ron's Archive, ronsarchive.home.attbi.com, 2002
Steve Tournay, 2002.
Mike Henniger
R. Porebski.
Pat Carry.