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F6F HELLCAT/Bu. 94204
Grumman F6F Hellcat Bu. 94204

Grumman F6F Hellcat  Grumman F6F Hellcat  Grumman F6F Hellcat  Grumman F6F Hellcat  Grumman F6F Hellcat  Grumman F6F Hellcat 
Bureau #: 94204
Construction #:
  A-11956
Civil Registration:
  N4998V
Model(s):
  F6F-5N Hellcat
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2025
Delivered to the United States Navy as Bu. 94204.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
Normandie Iron And Metal Company, 1959.
Ed Maloney/The Air Museum, Ontario & Chino, CA, 1959.
- Registered as N4998V.
Eddie Fisher, Kansas City, KS, 1959-1970.
- Stored unconverted at Air Museum, Ontario, CA.
- Marked as 94204/FASRON 4/The Beguine.
Michael E. Coutches, Hayward, CA, May 1970-1986.
- Loaned to Wagons to Wings Museum, San Jose, CA, October 1974-1986.
Robert L. Waltrip/Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston, TX, 1986-2017.
- Rebuilt Hayward, CA.
- First flight May 4, 1989.
- Flown as USN/32 (later as USN/17).
F6F Hellcat LLC, Beaverton, OR, October 18, 2017-2025.
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.
Flightaware.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
Photo Source(s):
Rian Olsen Collection.
Chuck Gardner
Linda Carry
Steve Tournay

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