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    Airframe Family: North American P-86/F-86 Sabre / FJ-2/FJ-3/FJ-4 Fury
    Latest Model:FJ-2 Fury
    Last Military Serial:132057 USN
    Construction Number:181-131
    Compressed ID:NA FJ-2 sn 132057 USN cn 181-131
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a FJ-2.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 132057.

    Transferred to VMF-312 Checkerboards.

    Circa 1955


    Photographer: US Navy
    Notes: FJ-2 Fury (BuNo 132057) from Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-312 Checkerboards.

    By August 1990

    To Patriots Point Naval and Marine Museum (USS Yorktown), Mount Pleasant, Charleston, SC.
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    August 1990


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    May 1999

    Placed on display with USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    Restored.

    Markings Applied: 5, VMF-312, WR
    Original markings restored.

    10 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    10 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    19 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    8 October 2012


    Photographer: D.R. de Pruis

    29 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: On board USS Hornet Museum in Alameda, CA, USA.

    29 September 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Alameda, CA, U.S.A.

    8 April 2023


    Photographer: Jim Leslie
    Credits
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
    Marcin Rogowski
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