INDEX OF PRESERVED AIRCRAFT TYPES USED BY THE FAA

Chance-Vought F4U Corsair

Type

Total Number 2000

FAA notes 1999-2000

Threat Status 1999-2000

Changes
1999-2000

Chance-Vought F4U Corsair

Total 71 (+?)
43 airworthy
26 static
2 wrecks
1 airworthy replica

Total 5 Surviving former FAA aircraft including...
BuAer:88457/KD921
BuAer:88454/KD918
BuAer:92399/KE323
BuAer:88439/KD953
BuAer:14862/KD431

And as a wreck
BuAer:-/JT693

Also 3 former US corsairs currently wear FAA markings including:

BuAer:17799/"301" FAA BPF markings

BuAer:88297/"RN KD345/130/A" of 1850 sqdn from HMS Vengence in British Pacific Fleet colours

BuAer:92436/"RN KD658/115X" of Lt "Hammy Gray RCN who won a Victoria Cross in 1945

Not known if any unprotected in-situ wrecks exist

N5588N/BuAer:88457 airworthy since 8.1999

N712RD/BuAer:97280 destroyed at Oshkosh 29.7.1999

Last Modified

Chance-Vought F4U Corsair
Status	Civil Registration Nunber	Serial Number s/n	Type	Markings	Owner/Operator	Condition/Notes
	-	-	F4U	-	Tom Reilly Vintage Aircraft, FL (USA)	Airworthy
	-	-	F4U-4	-	R. Adams, Melbourne, FL (USA)	Airworthy
	-	BuAer:17799	F4U-1A	"1799/WS80" Marked as FAA serial No: "301" BPF markings	The Air Museum "Planes of Fame" , Chino, CA (USA)	Airworthy
	-	BuAer:17995	F4U-1A	"RNZAF NZ5201"	TAM Air Museum, Americana (Brazil) Ex Planes of Fame Chino, CA (USA)	Airworthy
	N31518	-	F4U-1D	-	Steve Hinton/Fighter Rebuilders (USA)	Airworthy till crashed 19.3.1994
	N11Y	BuAer:67087	FG-1D	"USN 8"	Antique Aero, Rialto, CA, (USA)	Airworthy
	N83JC	BuAer:67089	FG-1D	"USN 555/Skyboss"	F4U Inc, New York (USA)	Airworthy
	N53JB	BuAer:81698	F4U-4	"Marines 81698/JM53"	El Paso Community Foundation, TX (USA)	Airworthy
	N5081	BuAer:81857	F4U-4	-	Odegaard Aviation, ND (USA)	Airworthy
	N63382	BuAer:88086	FG-1D	"USN G5"	Weeks Aviation Museum (USA) (Fantasy of Flight, Polk City (FL)	Airworthy
	G-FGID Ex N9154Z, Ex N8297	BuAer:88297	FG-1D	depicted in Fleet Air Arm markings "RN KD345/130/A" of 1850 sqdn from HMS Vengence in British Pacific Fleet colours between 1945 and 1946.The fuselage 'roundel will be as per the British Pacific Fleet spec - almost like a blue and white Australian roundel	The Fighter Collection, Duxford (UK)	Airworthy
	N700G	BuAer:88303	FG-1D	"Marines WA22"	Flying Heritage Collection, Seattle (USA)	Airworthy
	G-BXUL Ex N55JP	BuAer:88391 ex NZ5648	FG-1D	"RNZAF NZ5648"	Old Flying Machine Company/Breitling Fighters (UK)	Airworthy
	N5588N	BuAer:88457 FAA serial: KD921	F2G-1	At Reno ’99. Markings as Super Corsair racer "#57" in red-orange & white 1949 racing color scheme and configuration (Cleveland National Air Races) when McKillen flew her to victory in the Tinnerman Trophy and to third place in the final Thompson Trophy Race in 1940s. See photo	Odegaard Aviation, ND (USA) Ex 1992-1996 Lone Star Flight Museum, TX (USA) Ex Ben McKillen 1949	Airworthy since 8.1999. Former FAA aircraft KD921 delivered to UK 7.1945, and AHU Stretton 10.1945
	N4324	BuAer:88454 FAA serial: KD918	F2G-1D	"NATC 454"	Museum of Flight, Champlin, AZ (USA)	Airworthy. Is KD918 delivered to UK 7.1945, and participated Inskip display (UK) 10.1945
	-	BuAer:88090 NZ5612	FG-1D	-	Museum of Transport and Technology. MOTAT (NZ)	Static
	N67HP	BuAer:92905	FG-1D	"USN 92095/4/Ruthless II"	Evergreen Heritage Collection, AZ (USA)	Airworthy
	N3466G	BuAer:92132	FG-1D	-	Midwest Aviation Museum, IL (USA)	Airworthy
	N448AG	BuAer:92399 FAA Serial: KE323	FG-1D	"USN 17"	PA Morgan, Sywell (USA) ex Vintage Fighters Sellersburgh, IN (USA)	Airworthy. FAA Serial: KE323 but order cancelled before being sent to RN
	N72NW	BuAer:92436	FG-1D	Currently in Fleet Air Arm British Pacific Fleet Markings - "Royal Navy KD658" code "115X" of Lt "Hammy Gray RCN who won a Victoria Cross in 1945. See OFM photo. Also see "walkabout" photos in close up	Olympic Flight Museum, WA (USA) Ex Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, ON (Canada)	Airworthy
	N9964Z	BuAer:92468	FG-1D	"USN 13" see photo	Confederate Air Force Midland TX, (USA)	Airworthy
	N773RD	BuAer:92471	FG-1D	"Marine's Dream"	R. Dieckman, Chino, CA (USA)	Airworthy
	N46RL	BuAer:92508	FG-1D	"Marines L46"	TTM Inc, Oklahoma City (USA)	Airworthy
	N3PP	BuAer:92509	FG-1D	"USN 92509/611"	Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum (USA)	Airworthy
	N62290	BuAer:92629	FG-1D	"USN 301S"	Palm Springs Air Museum, CA (USA)	Airworthy
	OE-EAS	BuAer:96995	F4U-4	"USN BR37"	Siegfried Angerer/Tyrolean Jet Servicem (Austria)	Airworthy
	N713JT	BuAer:97143	F4U-4	"USN JT416/Korean War Hero"	JO Tobul, Pittsburgh, PA (USA)	Airworthy
	N6667	BuAer:97259	F4U-4	"USN 13"	EEA Air Museum, Oshgosh, WI (USA)	Airworthy
	F-AZVJ	BuAer:97264	F4U-4	"USN 403"	C. Jacquart, Dijon (France)	Airworthy
	N712RD	BuAer:97280	F4U-4	"USN 97280/206N"	Cavanaugh Flight Museum, TX (USA)	Airworthy till destroyed with N179PT/N14HP at Oshkosh, USA 29.7.1999
	N5215V	BuAer:97286	F4U-4	"97286/G5/Angel of Okinawa"	Weeks Aviation Museum (USA)	Airworthy
	N68HP	BuAer:97302	F4U-4	"Marines HP68"	Breckenridge Aviation Museum (USA)	Airworthy
	N240CA	BuAer:97359	F4U-4B	"USN 112f"	Lewis Aviation, KY (USA)	Airworthy
	N72378	BuAer:97388	F4U-4	-	Tri-State Warbird Collection, Wahpeton, ND (USA)	Airworthy
	N47991	BuAer:97390	F4U-4B	-	Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA (USA)	Airworthy
	N43RW	BuAer:121881	F4U-5N	"USN 121881/RW21/Annie Mo"	Lone Star Flight Museum, TX (USA)	Airworthy
	N179PT	BuAer:122179	F4U-5P	"Marines 5/WR'	J Read, Chesterton, IN (USA) Ex Warbirds of Great Britain, Biggin Hill (UK)	Airworthy
	N49068	BuAer:124486	F4U-5NL	"Marines 124486/RB14"	Michael George, Springfield, IL (USA)	Airworthy
	F-AZYS	BuAer:124541	F4U-5NL	"Aeronavale 133704/14F.6"	Association Francaise d'Avions Historique (France)	Airworthy
	N4901W	BuAer:124569	F4U-5NL	"USN RF12/Old Deadeye"	D.K Burnap, Dayton, OH (USA)	Airworthy
	N45NL	BuAer:124692	F4U-5NL	"USN 5/NP"	Collings Foundation, MA (USA)	Airworthy
	F-AZEG	BuAer:124724	F4U-5NL	"USN 124724/P22"	AmicaleJean Baptiste, Salis Aviation, La Ferte-Alais (France)	Airworthy
	C-GWFU	BuAer:133714	F4U-7	"Alberta Blue"	Blain Fowler, Alta (Canada)	Airworthy
	N1337A	BuAer:133722	F4U-7	In French Navy markings, marked as "Aeronavale 133722/15F.22" see photo	Tillamook Air Museum, OR (USA) Lindsey Walton Collection (UK)	Airworthy
	-	BuAer:36173	F4U	-	USS Yorktown, Charleston, SC (USA)	Static
	-	BuAer: 50375	F4U-1D	-	Virginia Air and Space Center / Hampton History Center (USA) Loan from NASM	Static
	-	BuAer:80759	XF4U-4	-	New England Air Museum, CT (USA)	Static
	-	BuAer:81698	F4U-4	See Photo	War Eagles Air Museum Santa Teresa, NM (USA)	Static
	-	BuAer:88369	FG-1D	See photo	Patriots Point Mt. Pleasant, SC, (USA)	Static
	-	BuAer:88382	FG-1D	-	Museum of Flight, Seattle (USA)	Static
	-	BuAer:88439 FAA Serial: KD953	FG-1D	-	Classic Flying Machines Ltd, King City, CA (USA)	Static. Former FAA delivery in 1946 to RN ordered from Goodyear under Contract No. NOa (S)1871.
	-	BuAer:92013	FG-1D	-	Navy Museum, Washington (DC) on loan from Pensacola NAS, Fl (USA)	Static
	-	BuAer:92085	FG-1D	-	Museum, Selfridge ANGB, Mi (USA)	Static
	-	BuAer:92246	FG-1D	marked "Marines 86" see photo	National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola (USA)	Static
	-	BuAer:92460	FG-1D	-	Bridgeport, CN (USA)	Static
	-	BuAer:97142	F4U-4	-	Pima Air and Space Museum, AZ (USA)	Static
	-	97286	F4U-4	-	Fantasy of Flight Museum, Polk City, FL (USA)	Static
	-	BuAer:97320	F4U-4	-	Tri-State Warbird Collection, Wahpeton, ND (USA)	Static
	(N5222V)	BuAer:97330	F4U-4	-	Bootstrap Aircraft, Florida (USA)	Static
	-	BuAer:97349	F4U-4	marked Marines WR/18" see photo	National Museum of Naval Aviation (USA)	Static
	-	BuAer:97353	F4U-4	-	Old Flying Machine Co., Duxford (UK)	Static
	-	BuAer:97369	F4U-4	-	United States Marine Corps Air/Ground Museum (USA)	Static
	-	BuAer:122189	F4U-5N	"WF-15"	MCAS El Toro Historical Foundation (USA)	Static
	-	BuAer:124447	F4U-5N	-	Mid America Air Museum Liberal (KS) Loan from MCAG Museum (USA)	Static
	-	BuAer:133704	F4U-7	marked "USNavy 129359"	USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park (USA)	Static
	-	BuAer:13459	FG-1A	Marked as "'13486"	Quantico MCAS, VA, (USA)	Static
	-	BuAer:14862 FAA Serial: KD431	FG-1D Corsair IV	-	Fleet Air Arn Museum (UK)	Static ex 1835 sqdn, 768 sqdn.
	-	BuAer:121794	F4U-5	-	Museum Buenos Aires (Argentina)	Static
	-	BuAer:81415	F4U-4	-	Korean Air Museum, Seoul (S Korea)	Static
	-	BuAer:- FAA Serial: JT693	F4U-1A	-	wreck recovered in 1994 from mud flats at Ballykenny (UK)	preserved wreck from JT693 of 1843 sqdn
	-	BuAer:	F4U	-	Planes of Fame, Chino, CA (USA)	Wreck Super Corsair Racer (Parts only, aircraft crashed a few years ago
	C-GIUH	CORSAIR REPLICA	-	-	Chubaty, ER Tofield, Alberta, (Canada)	Airworthy Corsair Replica

Associations and reunions

FURTHER INFORMATION
Flightline - Preserved US Military Aircraft	This list of US military aircraft preserved and displayed was originally compiled by Ben Marselis with input from many others. Our coverage of airworthy warbirds is very limited, since Ben did not cover them in the original list. We have concentrated on those which are often on display rather than personal projects.
Warbird Alley	Warbird Alley, an online reference source for information about privately-owned, ex-military aircraft. Includes details and specs and a summary total of airworthy aircraft including the Corsair
Airworthy Fighter Aircraft in Airworthy Warbirds & Aircraft	Worldwide lists of selected Bombers, Fighters, Liaison, Trainers and Transport aircraft. The aim of this site is to build up a database with 'all' airworthy Warbirds and those being rebuilt to airworthy condition. Currently the site contains 773 different aircraft and 451 pictures of the aircraft.
	Sturtivant, R. & Burrow, M (1995) 'Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939 to 1945' Published by Air Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1995 ISBN: 085130 232 7

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