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F6F HELLCAT/Bu. 79669
F6F Hellcat Bu. 79669 WRG# 0021137
Displayed at NAS Miramar, September 1974.
Bureau #: 79669
Construction #:
  A-10814
Civil Registration:
  None
Model(s):
  F6F-5N Hellcat
Name: None
Status: Unknown
Last info: 2023
Delivered to the United States Navy as Bu. 79669.
- BOC: January 1945
- SOC: N/A
- Transferred to National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) as NACA 208. June 1950-1960.
-- Asssigned to NAS Patuxent River, MD.
-- Used for variable stability trials, 1950.
- Transferred to NAS Moffett Field, CA, 1960-1972.
-- Displayed as USN "F-6F 1158".
- Transferred to NAS Miramar, CA, 1974-1979.
-- Displayed as “F-6F 1158/35”.
San Diego Aerospace Museum, San Diego, CA, May 1979-2006.
San Diego Air and Space Museum, San Diego, CA, 2006-2023.
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.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2025.
Photo Source(s):
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