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Bearcat/Bu. 122614
Bureau #: 122614
Construction #: D.988
Civil Registration:
  N7957C
Model: F8F-2P
Name: None
Status: Restoration
Last info: 2002
   History:
Lyloyd Nolan/Lefty Gardner/Bearcat & Co/CAF, Mercedes, TX, 1958-1969.
- Purchased surplus from NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, for $805.
- Registered as N7957C.
- Damaged after wheels up landing, Mercedes, TX, Aug. 23, 1968.
Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX, 1973-1974.
- Crashed during forced landing, May 1974.
Stephen Grey/The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, 1987-1991.
- Wreck stored disassembled, Chino, CA, 1987-1991.
Steve Hinton, John Maloney & Kevin Eldridge, Chino, CA, 1992-2002.
- Under restoration to airworthy, Chino, CA.
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):
Tony Andrews