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Bureau #: 10518 Construction #: 2478 Civil Registration: N4864J Model: SBD-4 Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to U.S. Navy as 10518. - BOC: Feb. 11, 1943. - SOC: MAr. 30, 1944. - Allocated to NAS Roosevelt, Feb. 13, 1943. - Transferred to NAS Norfolk, Feb. 15, 1943. - Issued to VS-9/VB-9 on U.S.S. Essex, Feb. 21, 1943. -- Combat veteran of Pacific theater. MGM Studios, Culver City, CA, 19??. - Fuselage only, rigged as wind machine. The Air Museum, Ontario, CA, circa 1968. Admiral Nimitz Museum, Fredericksburg, TX, 19??. Bruce D. Roberts, New London Airport, PA, 1975. - Loaned to Bradley Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT. Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA, Apr. 1984-2002. - Registered as N4864J. - Restored using wings recovered from Guadalcanal by YAC. - Airworthy but not flown. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Yanks Air Museum, www.yanksair.com/index.html. Photo Source(s): Tony Andrews |
