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    Airframe Family: Grumman F9F/F-9 Panther/Cougar
    Latest Model:F9F-5P Panther
    Last Military Serial:125316 USN
    Compressed ID:Grumman F9F-5P sn 125316 USN
    Latest Owner or Location:Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs International Airport, Palm Springs, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F9F-5P.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 125316.

    To Pioneer Park, Mesa, Phoenix, AZ.
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    From Unknown to After 2002

    To USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, CA.
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    Photographer: Earl A Holmquist
    Notes: Photographed in Blyth, CA.

    By 7 September 2011

    To WASP Museum, Quartzsite, AZ.
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    Markings Applied: 38, 123517

    7 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    7 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    To Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs International Airport, Palm Springs, CA.
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    4 October 2016


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Palm Springs Air Museum, CA.

    21 March 2018


    Photographer: John W. Olafson
    Notes: At Palm Springs Air Museum, California - Fantastic colour scheme on this F9F-5P, which is an unarmed photo reconnaissance version of the Panther. It has a much longer nose than the other versions.
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    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbird Registry by Scott Rose
    Individual Contributors
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