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    Airframe Family: Grumman F4F/FM Wildcat
    Latest Model:FM-2 Wildcat
    Last Military Serial:86750 USMC
    Construction Number:5808
    Last Civil Registration:N750FM
    Compressed ID:General Motors Eastern Aircraft Div...
    Latest Owner or Location:Huff Air Llc, Uvalde, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a FM-2 by General Motors Eastern Aircraft Division at Baltimore, MD, USA.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 86750.

    Restoration started.

    29 June 1965

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX750FM (FM-2, 86750) issued.

    From By 1967 to By 1977

    To Robert L. Younkin, Fayetteville, AR with new c/r N12371.
    Obtained by Mr. Younkin as a restoration project.

    October 1983

    To Jack B. Barnett, Arabi, TX.

    9 October 1983


    Photographer: Mark Kennedy
    Notes: FM-2 Wildcat c/n 5808 N12371 at Airsho 83 in Harlingen, Tx. 9-Oct-1983

    14 October 1983

    Crashed.
    Crashed at the Houston-Lakeside Airport, TX. The pilot, Jack Barnett, perished.

    By 14 October 1983

    To unknown owner with c/r N12371.

    14 October 1983

    Crashed.
    There was one fatality. The accident occurred at the Lakeside Airport (586) Houston, TX, United States while on appoach. The airframe was destroyed. The pilot had purchased the wwii fighter about a week before the accident it had been flown several hours during the last few days before the accident. The pilot intended to shoot touch--gos on this flight. After takeoff the aircraft was observed to remain in the pattern the aircraft overshot the turn to final...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    15 December 1983

    To Jack B. Barnett Jr, Arabi, TX with new c/r N12371.

    30 December 1989

    To Jack B. Barnett Jr, Arabi, TX with new c/r N12371.

    22 November 2010

    To Huff Air Llc, Uvalde, TX with new c/r N750FM.

    26 September 2013

    Civil registration, N750FM, cancelled.
    Exported to United Kingdom.
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     Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
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