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    Airframe Family: Grumman F4F/FM Wildcat
    Latest Model:FM-2 Wildcat
    Last Military Serial:86774 USN
    Construction Number:5832
    Last Civil Registration:N774FM
    Compressed ID:General Motors Eastern Aircraft Div...
    Latest Owner or Location:N774FM Llc, Granite Falls, MN

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    Dates

    Event

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

    17 August 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 86774.
    At San Diego, CA.

    30 November 1945

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    Utilised in the film industry as a wind generator (minus wings).

    1957

    To Ed Maloney.

    Circa 1957

    Restored.
    A set of wings fitted.

    After 1957

    Placed on display with Air Museum, Claremont, CA.

    Placed on display with Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, CA.

    To unknown owner with c/r N7835C.

    9 September 2009

    To Skyway Aero Inc, Uvalde, TX with new c/r N774FM.

    Based at Wild Warbirds, Garner Field, Uvalde, TX.
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    June 2013

    First post-restoration Flight.

    9 July 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX774FM (FM-2, 86774) issued.

    26 July 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX774FM (FM-2, 86774) issued.

    28 March 2014

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL774FM (FM-2, 86774) issued.

    By 2014

    Markings Applied: 16 white, 16 white
    Dark blue overall, 16 on nose and tail, two white diamonds on tail, c/s of a FM-2 of VC-79 on USS Sargent Bay during 1945.

    26 January 2015

    To unknown owner with c/r N774FM.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Granite Falls, MN.

    16 February 2015

    Restoration completed.
    By Conrad Huffstutlers Wild Warbirds of Uvalde, Texas.

    16 February 2015


    Photographer: Warbird News
    Notes: On a very cold February day, Southwest Texas native, Conrad Huffstutler delivered Fagen Fighters newest warbird, a 1945 FM-2 Wildcat. In 2013, this Warbird owned and restored by Conrad Huffstutlers Wild Warbirds of Uvalde, Texas, won EAAs Reserve Grand Champion WWII and the Gold Wrench

    Based at Fagen Fighters WW2 Museum/Ron Fagen, Granite Falls, MN.
    View the Location Dossier

    18 February 2015

    To N774FM Llc, Granite Falls, MN keeping c/r N774FM.
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