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Bearcat/Bu. 121608


N7700C flown by Bill Fornof (white shirt in image) taken May 23, 1964 at Brookley AFB, AL.

Serial #: BuNo 121608
Construction #: D.982
Civil Registration:
  N7700C
Model: F8F-2P
Name: None
Status: Wrecked
Last info: 1971
  History:
J.W. "Bill" Fornof, Houma, LA, circa 1960-1971.
- Registered as N7700C.
- Purchased in San Antonio, TX.
- Stored pending sale to Cuba.
-- Sale fell through.
- Crashed, NAS Quonset Point, RI, June 5, 1971.
-- Fornof killed.

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):
Joseph W. Brown Jr.