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    Airframe Family: Vought F4U/FG/AU Corsair / F2G Super Corsair
    Latest Model:F4U-4 Corsair
    Last Military Serial:97349 USN
    Construction Number:9503
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F4U-4.

    26 February 1946

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 97349.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 97349.
    Transferred to the United States Marine Corps.

    1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 97349.

    June 1954

    Assigned to Naval Storage Facility, Litchfield Park, AZ for storage.
    Withdrawn form use and stored here.

    From July 1956 to By 1969

    To Robert Bean, Hereford, AZ.

    A planned sale to Honduran Air Force not completed.

    From By 1959 to By 1969

    Stored unrestored at Phoenix-Moseley Field, AZ.

    From By 1973 to By 1976

    To Tucson Inn Motel, Tucson, AZ.

    20 September 1974


    Photographer: eLaReF
    Notes: Parked outside the Tucson Inn Motel

    Markings Applied: 97349, MR15
    Displayed on a pole in Marines markings.

    From By 1978 to By 1979

    To Arthur W. McDonnell, Mojave, CA.

    From By 1978 to By 1980

    Restored.
    A static restoration was completed at Mojave, CA, for the USMC Museum. 97142 was restored at the same time and location and it is reported the manufacturer data plates were inadvertantly swapped between the two airframes.

    1979

    To National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Triangle, VA.
    View the Location Dossier

    By March 1995

    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: MARINES, 97142
    Displayed as as a Marines Corsair. The markings indicate the accidental data plante swap likely was not detected at this time.

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At the Pima Museum, Arizona.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    18 October 2017


    Photographer: Johnny Comstedt
    Notes: In Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, AZ, USA 18. October 2017. On loan from National Museum of the Marine Corps.

    28 May 2018

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    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Matt Maranto
    Peter Nicholson
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