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    Airframe Family: Boeing B015 / FB / PW-9
    Latest Model:FB-5
    Last Military Serial:A-7104 USMC
    Construction Number:810
    Latest Owner or Location:Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1927

    Constructed as a FB-5.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo A-7104.

    Circa 1929

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo A-7104.

    1929

    Transferred to VF-6M Red Devils, NAS San Diego, CA, USA.
    Operated with markings: 6F2

    Circa 1929


    Photographer: US Navy
    Notes: BuNo A-7104 in VF-6M squadron with 6F2 markings.

    To Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    Markings Applied: 6-F-ll, as BuNo A-7126

    2004


    Photographer: Dave McDonald
    Notes: Photographed at the Classic Fighters Air Show.

    23 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Exhibited at Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California

    July 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    July 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    18 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA, USA.


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    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

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    Mike Henniger
    Marcin Rogowski

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