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    Airframe Family: Vought F4U/FG/AU Corsair / F2G Super Corsair
    Latest Model:F4U-4 Corsair
    Last Military Serial:618 FAHo
    Construction Number:9039
    Last Civil Registration:N86434
    Compressed ID:Vought F4U-4 sn 618 FAHo cn 9039 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pierucci Crown Lori D, Bakersfield, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F4U-4.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 96885.

    1959

    To Robert Bean, Hereford, AZ.

    From 1960 to By 1978

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Hondurena with s/n 618.

    From 1978 to By 1979

    To George Heaven Jim Nettle/Hollywood Wings, Long Beach, CA.
    When obtained by Heaven and Nettle it was a project that was essentially a collection of components.

    1979

    Transported by rail
    Moved from Honduras to Los Angeles, CA.

    September 1980

    Spotted, still dismantled, at Long Beach, CA.

    From By 1983 to By 1995

    To Peter Lori Crown, Waialua, HI.

    The rear fuselage was shipped to Hawaii for use in the restoration of 81857. The remainder of the project remained in storage, now in Bakersfield, CA, with the restoration pending using the rear fuselage of 97059.

    By 1990

    To Earl Ware, Jacksonville, FL.

    July 1995

    To Lori Crown, Bakersfield, CA.

    By November 2006

    To USS Midway Museum-Restoration Facility, North Island NAS, San Diego, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    By 2007

    Static restoration started at Chino, CA.

    8 September 2009


    Photographer: Daniel de Pruis

    By November 2009

    To USS Midway Museum, San Diego, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    7 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    7 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    2 June 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed aboard the USS Midway on San Diego Waterfront, California

    24 October 2016

    To Pierucci Crown Lori D, Bakersfield, CA with new c/r N86434.

    21 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, CA, USA.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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