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    Airframe Family: Vought F4U/FG/AU Corsair / F2G Super Corsair
    Latest Model:F4U-1D Corsair
    Last Military Serial:50375 USN
    Construction Number:5622
    Latest Owner or Location:Smithsoniam, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F4U-1D.

    26 April 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 50375.

    By October 1944

    Transferred to VF-10.

    November 1944

    Transferred to VF-89, NAS Atlantic City, NJ.

    Base of operations changed.

    Base of operations changed.

    29 April 1946

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    Stored at NAS Norman, OK, for eventual museum use.
    Your Assistance is Needed: NASM web-site states that it was at Quantico? Does anyone know which is correct?
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    From September 1960 to By 2002

    To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, MD.
    Placed in storage at Silver Hill.
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    To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, MD.
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    Restored.

    October 1980

    Markings Applied: 50375, 56, Sun Setter
    In the markings of a USMC F4U-1A of VMF-114 on USS Essex, July 1944.

    From By 1993 to By 2003

    Loaned to Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, VA.
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    Markings Applied: Sun Setter, 56, 50375

    From 3 December 2003 to By 2008

    Returned from loan to Smithsoniam, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA.
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    17 September 2006


    Photographer: Bill Kistler

    16 September 2011


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    16 September 2011


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    June 2013


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla


    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall

    Internet Sources
    Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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