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Status

Civil Registration Nunber

Serial Number
s/n

Type

Markings

Owner/Operator

Condition/Notes

-N7654C

Bu80373

F7F-3

Marked as US Marines "Marines/12"

National Naval Aviation Museum, FL(USA)

Static

-

Bu80375

F7F-3E

-

W Klaers & A Wojciak, Rialto CA (USA)

Restoration

Bu80368

F7F-3

-

USS Yorktown, Charlestown, SC (USA)

Static

Bu80382

F7F-3

-

Planes of Fame, Chino (CA)

N700F

Bu80390

F7F-3N

Marked as USN "Marines 80390/D3"

Kalamazoo Air Zoo, Kalamazoo MI (USA)

Airworthy

N7626C

Bu80404

F7F-3

-

Weekes Flight of Fanrasy Air Museum, Tamiami FL (USA)

Restoration

-N7627C

Bu80410

F7F-3

Marked as US Marines.

Pima County Museum (USA)

Static

N207F

Bu80412

F7F-3N

Marked as USN "USN 80411/BP7/King of the Cats"

Palm Springs Air Museum, CA (USA)/
Planes of Fame East Eden Prairie, MN (USA)

Airworthy

G-RUMT

Bu80425

F7F-3P

Marked as US Marines "Marines 80425/WT4"

Fighter Collection Duxford (UK)

Ex Combat Air Museum, Topeka, KS (USA)

Airworthy

N6178C

Bu80483

F7F-3

Marked as US Marines "Marines RB14"

R Bertea, Chino CA (USA)/
Planes of Fame, Chino (CA)

Airworthy

N800RW

Bu80503

F7F-3N

Marked as US Marines "Marines 80503/RW/Big Bossman".

Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston TX (USA)

Airworthy

N7195C

Bu80532

F7F-3

Marked as US Marines "Marines 80532"

GH Flanders & M Bogue, Oakland CA (USA)

Airworthy

Bureau #: 80373
Construction #: C.115
Civil Registration:
N7654C
Model: F7F-3
Name: None
Status: Static Display
Last info: 2002

History:
Calvin J. Butler/Butler Farm Air Service, Redmond, OR, 1963-1966.
- Registered as N7654C.
- Flew as tanker #F18 (later #18).
- TBM Inc, Tulare, CA, 1969-1980.
- Flew as tanker #E63.
National Museum Of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL, 1980-2002.
- Displayed as USMC/80373/12.

Bureau #: 80374
Construction #: C.116
Civil Registration:
N7629C
Model: F7F-3N
Name: None
Status: Unknown
Last info: 2001

History:
Cal-Nat Airways Inc, Grass Valley, CA, 1966-1969.
- Registered as N7629C.
- Flew as tanker #E62 (later #E41).
Sis Q Flying Service, Santa Rosa, CA, 1969-1981.
- Flew as tanker #E41.
USMC Museum, MCAS Quatico, VA, 1981-1991.
Darryl Greenamyer, Ocala, FL, 1991.
Icarus Investments LLC, Tucson, AZ, July 2001.

Bureau #: 80375
Construction #: C.117
Civil Registration:
None
Model(s): F7F-3E, F7F-3N
Name: None
Status: Unknown
Last info: 1988

History:
NAS Anacosta.
USMC Museum, MCAS Quantico, VA, 1976.
Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, AZ, Oct. 1987-1988.
- Outside display.

Bureau #: 80382
Construction #: C.124
Civil Registration:
None
Model: F7F-3N
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2007

History:
NAS Anacosta.
USMC Museum, MCAS Quantico, VA, 1975.
USNAM, NAS Pensacola, FL, 1975-1985.
- Trucked from MCAS Quantico via Norfolk, VA, 1975.
Yankee Air Force Museum, Willow Run, MI, 1988-1989.
Planes Of Fame Museum, Chino, CA, 1990-2007.
- Displayed in unrestored condition, in original scheme as Marines/382.

Bureau #: 80390
Construction #: C.132
Civil Registration:
N6129C
N700F
N700FM
Model(s):
F7F-3N
F7F-3P
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2006

History:
Kreitzberg Aviation, Salem, OR, 19??.
- Registered as N6129C.
Johnson Flying Service, Missoula, MT, 1963.
Calvin J. Butler/Butler Farm Air Service, Redmond, OR, 1963-1966.
- Flew as tanker #F16 (later #16).
TBM Inc, Tulare, CA, 1969-1978.
- Flew as tanker #E62.
Harold Beal/On Mark Aviation, Knoxville, TN, Nov. 1978.
Preston Parish/Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Kalamazoo, MI, Mar. 1980.
- Registered as N700F.
Air Training Inc, Knoxville, TN, Jan. 1981.
- Registration N700FM reserved but not taken up.
Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Kalamazoo, MI, 1981-2006.
- Registered as N700F.
- Delivered from Knoxville, Mar. 1985.
- Flown as 80390/D3.

Bureau #: 80404
Construction #: C.146
Civil Registration:
N7626C
Model: F7F-3
Name: None
Status: Unknown
Last info: 2004

History:
Aero Ads Inc, 1958.
- Used for skywriting.
Cal-Nat Airways, Grass Valley, CA, 1963-1969.
- Flew as tanker #E42.
Sis-Q Flying Service, Santa Rosa, CA, 1969-1984.
Macavia International Corp, Santa Rose, CA, June 1985-1986.
- Flew as tanker #E42.
Weeks Air Museum, Tamiami, FL, 1986-2002.
- Displayed in USN scheme.
Fantasy Of Flight, Polk City, FL, 2004.

Bureau #: 80410
Construction #: C.152
Civil Registration:
N7627C
Model: F7F-3
Name: None
Status: Static Display
Last info: 2002

History:
Cal-Nat Airways, Grass Valley, CA, 1962-1969.
- Registered as N7627C.
- Crash landed after gear collapse, Grass Valley, CA, Aug. 31, 1962.
Sis-Q Flying Service, Santa Rosa, CA, 1969-1972.
- Acquired wreckaged.
Weeks Air Museum, Tamiami, FL, 1988-1990.
- Stored disassembled, Borrengo Springs, CA, 1988-1989.
Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, AZ, 1991-2002.
- Rebuilt Rialto, CA.
- Painted as Marines/80410.

Bureau #: 80412
Construction #: C.154
Civil Registration:
N7628C
N207F
Model: F7F-3
Name:
King Of the Cats
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002

History:
Cal-Nat Airways, Grass Valley, CA, 1963-1969.
- Registered as N7628C.
- Flew as tanker #E59.
- Crash landed, Ukiah, CA, July 1966.
Sis-Q Flying Service, Santa Rosa, CA, 1969-1972.
- Acquired wreckaged.
- Stored at Santa Rosa, CA, 1972.
Weeks Air Museum, Tamiami, FL, 1988-1990.
- Stored disassembled, Borrengo Springs, CA, 1988-1989.
Planes of Fame East, Eden Prairie, MN, 1991-1992.
- Restored at Chino, CA, 1992.
Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs CA, 2001-2002.
- Registered as N207F.
- Flown as USN 80411/BP7/King of the Cats".

Bureau #: 80425
Construction #: C.167
Civil Registration:
N7235C
G-RUMT
Model: F7F-3P
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2004

History:
Calvin J. Butler/Butler Farm Air Service, Redmond, OR, 1963-1966.
- Registered as N7235C.
- Flown as tanker #F17 (later #17).
TBM Inc, Tulare, CA, 1969-1979.
- Flew as tanker #E64.
Military Aircraft Restoration Corp, Chino, CA, 1982-1996.
- Flew as Marined/VMFN-515.
- Loaned to Combat Air Museum, Topeka, KS, 1992-1996.
The Fighter Collection, Duxford, UK, June 1996-2002.
- Registered as G-RUMT.
- Rebuilt by Steve Hinton, Fighter Rebuilders, Chino, CA.

Bureau #: 80483
Construction #:
C.225
Civil Registration:
N6178C
Model: F7F-3P
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002

History:
Cal-Nat Airways, Grass Valley, CA, 1964-1966.
- Registered as N6178C.
- Flew as tanker #E43.
Sis-Q Flying Service, Santa Rosa, CA, 1969-1985.
Macavia International Corp, Santa Rosa, CA, June 1985-1986.
- Flew as tanker #E43.
Weeks Air Museum, Tamiami, FL, 1987-1988.
- Stored Santa Rosa, CA.
Lea Aviation (US) Inc, Tampa, FL/Duxford, UK, 1988-1993.
- Arrived Duxford, Nov. 13, 1988.
- Operated by Plane Saling Air Displays.
- Flew as USN/JW/483.
Richard Bertea, Chino CA, 1993-2002.

Bureau #: 80503
Construction #: C.245
Civil Registration:
N800RW
Model: F7F-3N
Name: Big Bossman
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2004

History:
TBM Inc, Sequoia, CA, 1960-1980.
- Stored dismantled in hut, Sequoia, CA, 1973.
Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston, TX, Jan. 1989-2002.
- Rebuilt at Fort Collins, CO, 1988-2002.
- Flew as Marines 80503/RW/Big Bossman.
Monique Ltd, Carson City, NV, 2003-2004.
- Flown as Marines 80503/RW/Big Bossman.

Bureau #: 80532
Construction #: C.268
Civil Registration:
N7195C
Model: F7F-3
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002

History:
George Kreizberg, Salem, OR, 1963.
- Registered as N6179C.
Sis-Q Flying Service, Montague/Santa Rosa, CA, 1963-1974.
- Flew as tanker #E32 (later #E40).
Gary H. Flanders & Mike Bogue, Oakland, CA, Aug. 1979-2002.
- Flown as "Marines/VMP-254/80532".