Aircraft Photo of 80373 | Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat | USA - Marines | AirHistory.net #767183
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:80373
Military Code:12
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman G-51
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman F7F Tigercat
Aircraft Version:Grumman F7F-3 Tigercat
C/n (msn):C.115
Operator Titles:USA - Marines
Location
City / Airport:Pensacola - NAS / Forrest Sherman FieldMap
Region / Country:Florida, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KNPA   IATA: NPA   Local: NPA   Other: -
Collection:National Museum of Naval Aviation
 
Photo Date:13 December 2024
Photo by:Richard Vandervord
Photo ID: 767183
Photo Comment

The F7F-3 was a single-seat fighter-bomber Tigercat variant of which 189 were built out of a total of 364 for the type between 1943 and 1946. BuNo 80373 was taken up by the USMC in March 1945 and operated with VMF-911 at MCAS Cherry Point till 1948. In 1963 it was registered N7654C as a fire service aircraft, used to tackle bush fires until the 1970s. In September 1980 it was flown to Pensacola for the museum

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