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BuNo Criteria: 04908
Data last updated: Tue Mar 15 09:36:28 2016
04775 ... 04958 (EXACT MATCH)
Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat
Model G-50
04776 assigned to Floyd Bennett Field, NY.  Assigned to NACA Langley Memorial Aeronautical 
Laboratory, Langley Field, VA Feb 23, 1943 and used for handling and stalling tests.  
Surveyed Jun 24, 1946
04784 (VF-9) collided with F6F-3 BuNo 04936 near Pearl Harbor Jun 30, 1943.  Both
pilots killed.
04850/04859 to Royal Navy as Hellcat I FN320/FN329
04853 to Royal Navy as Hellcat I FN323.  Crashed in field
near Garvagh, Northern Ireland Apr 22, 1945 following
engine fire.  Pilot bailed out safely.
04857 to Royal Navy as Hellcat I FN327.  Relegated to ground
instructional airframe Apr 20, 1945, presumably
subsequently scrapped.
04862 (VD-) destroyed on ground by explosion of depth charges at NAS Hampton Roads, VA Sep 17, 1943
04888 (VF-1) collided with F6F-3 BuNo 04892 near Norfolk, VA during training Apr 14, 1943.
Both pilots killed.
04892 (VF-1) collided with F6F-3 BuNo 04888 near Norfolk, VA during training Apr 14, 1943.
Both pilots killed.
04908 (VF-5, USS Yorktown) downed W of Saipan Feb 22, 1944
04945/04954 to Royal Navy as Hellcat I FN330/FN339
04950 to Royal Navy as Hellcat I FN335.  Undercarriage
collapsed while taxying at Eglinton, Northern Ireland
Oct 29, 1943.  Taken to Shorts at Belfast for repair,
but declared beyond economical repair and SOC.
04953 to Royal Navy as Hellcat I FN338.  While flying low in
formation, left formation and struck ground Nov 18, 1943.
Pilot safe, but aircraft SOC.
104576 ... 105175
Ryan FR-2 Fireball
contract cancelled

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