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    Airframe Family: Boeing B100 / F4B / P-12
    Latest Model:F4B-3 (replica)
    Construction Number:1506
    Last Civil Registration:N8891
    Compressed ID:Boeing F4B-3 (replica) cn 1506 cr N...
    Latest Owner or Location:Eastern Carolina Aviation Exhibits, Havelock, North Carolina

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F4B-3 (replica).
    Constructed from Boeing-Stearman 75 parts

    Circa 1933


    Photographer: unk probably USMC
    Notes: The pilot of this aircraft was Col Lawrence T Burke USMC, graduate of the NA class of 1932. The BU appears to be the same. 8891

    27 May 1981

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX8891 (BR F4B-3, 1506) issued.

    By May 1990

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


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    29 June 1990

    To unknown owner with c/r N8891.
    Sale reported to a new owner.

    To Havelock Tourist Centre, Havelock, NC.
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    Markings Applied: 4-O-1

    8 April 1995


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at MCAS Cherry Point NC Airshow

    26 March 2013

    Civil registration, N8891, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Pensacola, FL.

    To Eastern Carolina Aviation Exhibits, Havelock, NC.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Aviation Museums and Collections of North America (2nd Edition 2011) by Bob Ogden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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