History:
Delivered to US Navy as Bu. 67089, 19??.
- Stored at NAS Jacksonville, FL, 1953-1958.
- Put up for disposal, 1958.
Queen City Salvage, Jacksonville, FL, 1958.
Queen City Salvage Inc., Charlotte, NC, 1964-1969.
- Registered as N4716C.
Earl E. Ware, Jacksonville, FL, 1975-1977.
Terry Randal/Har Ran Aircraft Sales, Tulsa, OK, 1979.
Knight Aircraft Corporation, January 1977-1981.
- Registered as N4715C.
Don C. Davis/Tired Iron Racing Team, Casper, WY, 1981-1986.
- Flew as race #82/Wart Hog.
Gary Meermans, Long Beach, CA, 1986-1987.
Gary Meermans, Chino, CA, March 1987-1992.
- Registered as N97GM.
- Flew as VF-53/Sky Boss.
Jeff Clyman/F4U Inc, New York, NY, January 11, 1994-2011.
- Registered as N83JC.
- Flown as VF-53/Sky Boss.
- Based at American Airpower Museum, Farmingdale, NY.
Photo by Ralph Grant