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Bureau #: 121714 Construction #: D.1088 Civil Registration: N4995V N1YY N700H N700HL G-RUMM Model: F8F-2P Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2005 |
History: Delivered to U.S. Navy as 121714. - BOC: circa 1945. - SOC: circa 1955. Ed Maloney/The Air Museum, Claremont, CA (later Chino, CA), 1957-1972. - Registered as N4995V. Harold "Bubba" Beal & Charles "Chubb" Smith/B & S Advertising Inc, Knoxville, TN, 1972-1998. - Registered as N700H, 1977. - Registered as N700HL, Jan. 1981. - Operated by The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, June 3, 1981-1998. - Delivered from U.S. to Geneva. - Flown as VF-11/S-100. Patina Ltd/The Fighter Collection, Duxford, Mar. 20, 1998-2005. - Registered as G-RUMM. - Repainted, now flies as USN/121714/201B. |
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):
Caz Caswell.
Herve Champain.
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