| Aircraft | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 |
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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 This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 11 January 2025, and has since been viewed 64 times. |