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    Airframe Family: Grumman F8F Bearcat
    Latest Model:F8F-1B Bearcat
    Last Military Serial:KH15-43/93 RTAF
    Construction Number:D-0779
    Last Civil Registration:N2209
    Compressed ID:Grumman F8F-1B sn KH15-43/93 RTAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Quality Leasing Co Inc, Indianapolis, IN

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a F8F-1B.

    1948

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 122095.

    October 1951

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    November 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Thai Air Force with s/n KH15-43/93 and operated with these markings: 201.

    1965

    Placed on display.
    Outside government offices in Bangkok.

    Transported by ship.
    Shipped from Thailand to France.

    1986

    To Jean Salis Collection, La Ferte Alais, France.

    1987

    To Stephen Grey/The Fighter Collection, Duxford, England.

    June 1988

    Transported by ship.
    Arrived Duxford; stored dismantled.

    18 February 1992

    To Patina Ltd, Jersey/The Fighter Collection, Duxford with new c/r G-BUCF.

    By April 1992

    To Charles F. Nichols/Yankee Air Corps, Chino CA.

    Operated by Yanks Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    April 1992

    Transported by ship.
    Arrived Chino dismantled.

    12 November 1992

    Civil registration, G-BUCF, cancelled.

    24 August 1993

    To Charles F. Nichols/Yankee Air Corps, Chino CA with new c/r N2209.

    1998

    To Tom Wood/Quality Leasing Co, Indianapolis IN.

    7 January 1999

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX2209 (F8F-1B, 122095) issued.

    February 1999

    First post-restoration Flight.

    1 April 1999

    To Tim Wood/Quality Leasing Co. Leasing Co Inc, Indianapolis, IN keeping c/r N2209.

    Based at Tom Wood Aviation, Indianapolis International Airport, Indianapolis, IN.
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    19 April 2005

    To Quality Leasing Co Inc, Indianapolis, IN keeping c/r N2209.

    10 March 2014

    To Quality Leasing Co Inc, Indianapolis, IN keeping c/r N2209.

    24 July 2017

    28 July 2017

    29 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: at 2017 EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh

    23 September 2017

    23 September 2017

    22 January 2023

    To Quality Leasing Co Inc, Indianapolis, IN keeping c/r N2209.

    30 July 2023

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