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"Miss Merced"
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Serial #: WG567 Construction #: 41H/636294 Civil Registration: CF-VAN N878M |
Model(s): FB Mk. 11 Name: Miss Merced Status: Airworthy Last info: 2004 |
History:
Delivered to RCN as WG567.
- BOC: August 28, 1951.
- SOC: February 8, 1957.
Robert P. Vanderveken, Pierrefords, Quebec. September 1961-1965.
- Registered as CF-VAN.
Michael D. Carroll, Long Beach, CA, 1965-1969
- Registered as N878M.
- Modifed as racer.
-- Military equipment removed, airframe lightened.
-- Outer wing panels clipped (removing 6.5 ft. total).
-- Small bubble canopy installed.
- First race appearance at Reno 1966.
-- Flown as race #87/"Signal Sea Fury" by Lyle Shelton.
Sherman Cooper, Merced, CA, 1969-1972.
- Flew as Race #87/Miss Merced.
- Nosed over during forced landing after engine failure near Mojave, CA, November 13, 1971.
Frank C. Sanders, Chino, CA, 1980-1981.
- Acquired wreck.
James A. Mott, South Gate, CA, 1984-1999.
- Acquired wreck from Frank Sanders.
- Rebuilt at Chino, 1984-1988.
- Flew as race #42/Super Chief.
Period betwen 1992-1999 unknown.
Stephen Bolander and Jim Michaels/J&S Aviation, Oconomowoc, WI, March 24, 1999-2002.
- Trucked from Chino to Ione, CA for restoration.
- Fitted with Wright R-3350 and additional racing mods.
- First flight, Ione, CA, March 2000.
- Flown as race #87/Miss Merced.
Eric Woelbing, Franksville, WI, July 21, 2003-2004.
- Flown as race #87/Miss Merced.
- Based at Kenosha Airport, WI.
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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. Eric Woelbing. Photo Source(s): Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2003 Mike Henniger. Unknown. |
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