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Bureau #: 94385
Construction #:
  A-12137
Civil Registration:
  N7861C
Model: F6F-5
Name: None
Status: Stored
Last info: 2002
   History:
Michael E. Coutches, Hayward, CA, 1961.
- Registered as N7861C.
Tom O'Connor/CAF, Victoria, TX, Sept. 1961-1966.
Henry L. Gardner/CAF, Victoria, TX, 1969.
- Crashed, Victoria, TX, Oct. 12, 1969.
- Wheels up landing, destroyed by fire.
Michael E. Coutches, Hayward, CA, Aug. 24, 1971-2002.
- Acquired wreckage.
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):
None