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    Airframe Family: Grumman F9F/F-9 Panther/Cougar
    Latest Model:F9F-2 Panther
    Last Military Serial:123557 USN
    Compressed ID:Grumman F9F-2 sn 123557 USN
    Latest Owner or Location:Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1621, Janesville, Wisconsin

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F9F-2.

    Circa 1950

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 123557.

    Circa 1950

    Transferred to Fighter Squadron 721 (VF-721), NAS Glenview, IL.
    Operated with markings: A-117

    From 2 March 1951 to 24 October 1951

    Deployed aboard USS Boxer for combat over North Korea.

    By November 1951

    Transferred to USS Midway (CVB-41).

    11 November 1951


    Your Assistance is Needed: One source, http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/41.htm says this aircraft was possibly part of a collision on USS Midway, but there is a question mark after the BuNo. Since the planes in the water were not recoverable, this cannot be one which went in. If you have contrary information, please let us know.
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    By August 1995

    To Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 1621, Janesville, WI.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 201, NAVY VF-72, VFW-1621, L

    2008


    Photographer: Andy West

    15 August 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    15 August 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    19 July 2019


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Getting old and faded

    19 July 2019


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Getting old and faded
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
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     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Lee Pulsipher
    Andy West
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