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Airframe Family:	Vought F4U/FG/AU Corsair / F2G Super Corsair
Latest Model:	F4U-1D Corsair
Last Military Serial:	50375 USN
Construction Number:	5622
Compressed ID:	Vought F4U-1D sn 50375 USN cn 5622
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 F4U-1D.
26 April 1944		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 50375.
By October 1944		Transferred to VF-10.
November 1944		Transferred to VF-89, NAS Atlantic City, NJ.
		Base of operations changed.
		Base of operations changed.
29 April 1946		Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.
		Stored at NAS Norman, OK, for eventual museum use. Your Assistance is Needed: NASM web-site states that it was at Quantico? Does anyone know which is correct? Share Your Information with Everyone by Editting the Documented History
From September 1960 to By 2002		To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, MD. Placed in storage at Silver Hill. View the Location Dossier
		To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, MD. View the Location Dossier
		Restored.
October 1980		Markings Applied: 50375, 56, Sun Setter In the markings of a USMC F4U-1A of VMF-114 on USS Essex, July 1944.
From By 1993 to By 2003		Loaned to Virginia Air and Space Center, Hampton, VA. View the Location Dossier
		Markings Applied: Sun Setter, 56, 50375
From 3 December 2003 to By 2008		Returned from loan to Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA. View the Location Dossier
17 September 2006		Photographer: Bill Kistler
16 September 2011		Photographer: Robert Nichols
16 September 2011		Photographer: Robert Nichols
June 2013		Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

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
U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall

Internet Sources
Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum
United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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