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F7F TIGERCAT/Bu. 80494
Grumman F7F Tigercat 80494
Bureau #: 80494
Construction #: C.236
Civil Registration:
  N6179C
Model(s):
  F7F-3 Tigercat
Name: None
Status: Destroyed
Last info: 1974
Delivered to the United States Navy as Bu. 80494.
- BOC: N/A
- SOC: N/A
Fred J. Amberg Inc, Yreka, CA, 1963-1964.
- Registered as N6179C.
Sis-Q Flying Service, Montague/Santa Rosa, CA, 1963-1974.
- Flew as tanker #E23.
- Damaged during landing, Santa Rosa, CA, May 15, 1972.
-- Repaired.
- Crashed and destroyed on take off, Rohnerville, CA, September 26, 1974.
NTSB Report
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2025.
NTSB
Photo Source(s):
Martin Kyburz/Swiss Mustangs.

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