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    Airframe Family: Vought F4U/FG/AU Corsair / F2G Super Corsair
    Latest Model:F4U-5 Corsair
    Last Military Serial:0389 ARA
    Last Civil Registration:N43RW
    Latest Owner or Location:Lone Star Flight Museum, Ellington Field, Houston, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F4U-5.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 121881.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Armada de la Republica Argentina with s/n 0389.

    2 January 1989


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Chino Airport, CA.

    2 January 1989


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Chino Airport, CA.

    By 1990

    To Don Knapp, FL.

    10 September 1993

    To Texas Aviation Hall of Fame, Galveston, TX with new c/r N43RW.

    Based at Lone Star Flight Museum, Scholes Field, Galveston, TX.
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    Restoration completed.
    Restored by Ezell Aviation in Breckenridge, TX.

    Markings Applied: Annie-Mo, RW/21
    Painted in the colors of Annie Mo, a Corsair flown by Lt Guy Bordelon, the only Navy ace, night-fighter ace, and piston-driven ace of the Korean War.

    29 October 2012


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: Wings Over Houston Airshow

    April 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    April 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    2 December 2016

    To Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston, TX keeping c/r N43RW.

    16 August 2017

    To Lone Star Flight Museum, Houston, TX keeping c/r N43RW.

    Based at Lone Star Flight Museum, Ellington Field, Houston, TX.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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