F7F TIGERCAT/Bu. 80400
Bureau #: 80400
Construction #: C.142
Civil Registration:
N7619C
Construction #: C.142
Civil Registration:
N7619C
Model(s):
F7F-3 Tigercat
Name: None
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1964
F7F-3 Tigercat
Name: None
Status: Crashed
Last info: 1964
Delivered to the United States Navy as Bu. 80400.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
Dick Gordon, Santa Rosa, CA, 1963-1964
- Flew as tanker #E43
- Leased by Cal-Nat Airways Ltd, Grass Valley, CA, 1963.
- Crashed after striking trees and was destroyed while fire bombing, Truckee, CA, June 25, 1964.
-- Pilot Lewis Leach fatally injured.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
Dick Gordon, Santa Rosa, CA, 1963-1964
- Flew as tanker #E43
- Leased by Cal-Nat Airways Ltd, Grass Valley, CA, 1963.
- Crashed after striking trees and was destroyed while fire bombing, Truckee, CA, June 25, 1964.
-- Pilot Lewis Leach fatally injured.
F7F Tigercat/Bu. 80400/N7619C of Cal-Nat Airways as Tanker E43 at the Chino Air Attack Base on July 22, 1962.
Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2025.
NTSB
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-5th Edition, 2008.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2025.
NTSB
Photo Source(s):
Tim O'Brien Collection
William T. Larkins.
Research Assistance:
Tim O'Brien
Tim O'Brien Collection
William T. Larkins.
Research Assistance:
Tim O'Brien
