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    Airframe Family: Vought F8U / F-8 Crusader
    Latest Model:F-8D Crusader
    Last Military Serial:148629 USN
    Construction Number:849
    Compressed ID:Vought F-8D sn 148629 USN cn 849
    Latest Owner or Location:VF-32

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F8U-2N.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 148629.

    By 1960

    Transferred to VF-32.
    Operated with markings: AC-209

    Circa 1960


    Photographer: Dick Logan via Fargo Air Museum
    Notes: Photographed onboard the USS Saratoga (CV-60) during the 1960 Mediterranean cruise.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as F-8D.

    9 October 1964

    Destroyed in a crash.
    Crashed near NAS Cecil Field, FL.
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