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    Airframe Family: Boeing B100 / F4B / P-12
    Latest Model:F4B-4
    Last Military Serial:9241 USN
    Construction Number:1757
    Last Civil Registration:N9329
    Compressed ID:Boeing F4B-4 sn 9241 USN cn 1757 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Smithsonian - National Air and Space Museum, Washington, District of Columbia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F4B-4.

    1932

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 9241.

    1932

    Transferred to Marine Fighter Squadron 10 (VF-10M), NAS San Diego, CA.

    1 July 1933

    Transferred to Marine Fighter Squadron 9 (VF-9M), MCAF Quantico, VA.

    1939

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    To unknown owner with c/r NX13.

    To unknown owner with c/r NC13.

    To US Department of Commerce with C/R NR9329 with new c/r NR9329.

    By 1959

    To unknown owner with c/r N9329 (F4B4, 9241).
    Donated to the National Air Museum.

    1959

    To National Air Museum, Washington DC keeping c/r N9329.

    1966

    To Smithsonian-National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC.
    Museum name changed.
    View the Location Dossier

    24 February 1971

    Civil registration, N9329, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma City, OK.

    14 January 1977

    To unknown owner with c/r N9329.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma City, OK.

    Markings Applied: 21, US MARINES, 9241, F4B-4
    Marked as when with Marine Fighter Squadron 10 (VF-10M), NAS San Diego, CA.

    By 1988

    Placed on display.

    11 June 1991

    26 May 2001


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Smithsonian NASM, Washington, DC.

    26 May 2001


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Smithsonian NASM, Washington, DC.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum
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