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    Airframe Family: Grumman F7F Tigercat
    Latest Model:F7F-3N Tigercat
    Last Military Serial:80382 USN
    Compressed ID:Grumman F7F-3N sn 80382 USN
    Latest Owner or Location:Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F7F-3N.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 80382.

    1983

    Plane stored outside in the elements on the old flying boat ramps at NAS Pensacola Florida. Awaiting restoration by the Naval Museum located on the base.

    Circa 1983


    Photographer: Robert Abbott
    Notes: Sitting on seaplane ramp at NAS Pensacola in Florida Circa 1983.

    Circa 1983


    Photographer: Robert Abbott

    Circa 1983


    Photographer: Robert Abbott

    To Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    27 December 1989


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Planes of Fame, Chino CA.

    4 December 1997


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame in Chino, California.

    2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Planes of Fame, Chino, CA.

    23 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Exhibited at Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California

    July 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    July 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    18 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA, USA.
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