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Bearcat/Bu. 95356
Bureau #: 95356
Construction #: D.628
Civil Registration:
  N7247C
  N4752Y
Model: F8F-1
Name: None
Status: Restoration
Last info: 2002
   History:
Vernon D. Jarvis, Decataur, IL, 1963.
- Registered as N7247C.
R.E. Schreder, Bryan, OH, 1963-1964.
Ernest J. Saviano, Lombard, IL, 1966-1969.
John J. Mark, Hales Corners, WI, 1969.
- Crashed during forced landing in swamp, Madison, WI, Apr. 26, 1969.
Joe Tobul, Wexford, PA, 192.
- Recovered wreckage.
John J. Dowd, Syracuse, KS, June 12, 1984-2002.
- Registered as N4752Y.
- Restoration to airworthy.
- Utilizing parts from 95089 & 121470 which were recovered by New England Air Museum from fill site at NLAF Charlestown, RI.
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.