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F6F HELLCAT/Bu. 79683
Grumman F6F Hellcat Bu. 79683

         
Bureau #: 79683
Construction #:
  A-10828
Civil Registration:
  N7896C
  N4PP
Model(s):
  F6F-5K Hellcat
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2025
Delivered to the United States Navy as Bu. 79683.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
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, June 23, 1981-2025.
- Registered ass N4PP.
- Rebuilt Kalamazoo, first flight 1981.
- Flew as 79683/4.
- Airworthy but no longer flown, Retired for musuem display.
- Struck off USCR, December 31, 2011.
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.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2025.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
Photo Source(s):
Harold Bailey via Ron's Archive
Steve Tournay, 2002.
Mike Henniger
R. Porebski.
Pat Carry.

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