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    Airframe Family: Vought F4U/FG/AU Corsair / F2G Super Corsair
    Latest Model:F4U-4 Corsair
    Construction Number:9440
    Last Civil Registration:N5215V
    Compressed ID:Vought F4U-4 cn 9440 cr N5215V
    Latest Owner or Location:Kermit A. Weeks, Miami, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F4U-4.

    6 October 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: This Corsair, Bu 97286, was displayed by the Confederate Air Force at the 1978 Airshow at Harlingen, Texas.

    16 August 1982

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX5215V (F4U-4, 9440) issued.

    9 October 1982


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1982 photo at Harlingen, TX - of Vought F4U-4 Corsair

    8 March 1990

    To Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL with new c/r N5215V.

    Based at Fantasy of Flight/Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL.
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    8 March 1990

    To Kermit A. Weeks, Miami, FL with new c/r N5215V.

    9 April 1999


    Photographer: Earl A Holmquist
    Notes: Photographed at the Weeks Air Museum, FL.

    31 March 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, Florida, United States

    1 January 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX5215V (F4U-4, 9440) issued.
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