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    Airframe Family: Grumman F9F/F-9 Panther/Cougar
    Latest Model:F9F-8P Cougar
    Last Military Serial:144406 USN
    Compressed ID:Grumman F9F-8P sn 144406 USN
    Latest Owner or Location:Desert Rat / Marengo Metal Works, Ferris Field (62IL), Marengo, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F9F-8P.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 144406.

    April 1989

    To Doan Helicopters Inc/Harry S. Doan.

    30 October 1992

    Sold at the Doan auction.

    March 2004


    Photographer: Ross Henniger
    Notes: My Dad snapped this photo for me. He visited the Flying Tiger Warbird Restoration Museum while in the area on vacation.

    To Desert Rat/Marengo Metal Works, Ferris Field (62IL), Marengo, IL.
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    2008


    Photographer: Andy West

    28 July 2011


    Photographer: Mike Hughes
    Notes: Mike Kellner and Chuck took us around the building to show us the F9F-8P and his A-26. I believe he was keeping them in order to use for trade to help build his B-17 Desert Rat.
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