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Bearcat/BuNo 121787

Bureau #: 121787
Construction #: D.1181
Civil Registration:
  N6821D
  N148F
Model: F8F-2
Name: None
Status: Wrecked
Last info: 1973
   History:
M.W. Fairbrothers, Rosemount, MN, 1963-1966.
- Registered as N6821D.
John Church/New Jersey Air Co, Hackensack, NJ, 1966-1968.
- Registered as N148F.
- Flew as race #11.
John Church, Carmel, CA, 1968.
Walter "Budd" Fountain/Hawke Dusters, Modesto, CA, 1968-1973.
- Flew as race #99 (later #24).
- Crashed and destroyed after suffering engine fire during race, Mojave, CA, Oct. 20, 1973.
-- Fountain 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):
None.