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Bearcat/BuNo. 121751



Bureau #: 121751
Construction #: D.1125
Civil Registration:
  N9885C
Model: F8F-2
Name: None
Status: Wrecked
Last info: 1980
  History:
William M. Stead, Reno, NV, 1963-1966.
- Registered as N9885C.
- Flown as race #80/Smirnoff.
Moseley Aviation Inc., Tolleson, AZ, 1966-1968.
I. N. "Junior" Burchenall, Paris, TX, 1969-1972.
Mike Smith, Johnson, KS, Nov. 1972-1977.
- Flown as race #41/Lois Jean.
Harold Beal & Charles Smith, Knoxville, TN, 1977-1980.
- Flown in USN scheme as VF-11/S-200.
- Crashed and destroyed, June 18, 1980.
-- Charles Smith 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):
Unknown.

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