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    Airframe Family: Boeing B015 / FB / PW-9
    Latest Model:FB-5
    Last Military Serial:A-7114 USMC
    Construction Number:820
    Compressed ID:Boeing FB-5 sn A-7114 USMC cn 820
    Latest Owner or Location:Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a FB-5.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo A7114.

    21 January 1927

    Transferred to VF-1, USS Langley.

    27 September 1927

    Transferred to VF-6B, USS Saratoga.

    April 1928

    Transferred to VF-3B, NAS San Diego, CA.

    September 1928

    To Boeing for modifications to prepare it for operations with the USMC.

    20 March 1930

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo A-7114.

    20 March 1930

    Transferred to VF-6M, NAS San Diego, CA.

    31 July 1930

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Marine Corps.

    By 1972

    To Robert Gallaher, Allied Aviation, Tucson, AZ.

    August 1972

    To Smithsonian National Air Museum.

    By May 1990

    Placed on display with Marine Corps Air-Ground Museum, Quantico, Triangle, VA.
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    By May 1990

    Markings Applied: 6-F-4
    In the markings of VF-6M, NAS San Diego, CA circa 1930.

    18 May 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    Placed on display with Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA.
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    16 September 2011


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    16 September 2011


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
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    Robert Nichols
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