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    Airframe Family: Vought F4U/FG/AU Corsair / F2G Super Corsair
    Latest Model:F4U-4 Corsair
    Last Military Serial:97369 USMC
    Construction Number:9523
    Last Civil Registration:N5214V
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the Marine Corps, MCAS Quantico

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F4U-4.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 97369.

    From 1959 to 1973

    To Robert Bean, Hereford, AZ with new c/r N5214V.

    From 1959 to 1969

    Planned sale to FA Hondurena not completed but rather stored unrestored at Phoenix-Moseley Field, AZ.

    14 May 1973


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: This F4U-4 Corsair was seen at Tucson, Arizona in May 1973.

    1973

    Stored unrestored dismantled at Tucson Airport, AZ.

    From 1974 to 1975

    To Arthur W. McDonnell, Mojave, CA.

    From 1974 to 1975

    Restored.
    Static restoration at Mojave, CA.

    From 1975 to 2006

    To USMC Museum, MCAS Quantico, VA.

    By September 1981


    Photographer: Unknown

    10 November 2006

    To National Museum of the Marine Corps, MCAS Quantico.

    Markings Applied: 369, 97369
    Displayed suspended from the ceiling.

    25 May 2007


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier

    13 April 2012


    Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
    Notes: Displayed at the National Museum of the Marine Corps

    July 2012


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    August 2015


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla


    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

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