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Re: Moffet Field Hellcat
Posted by Scott WRG Editor on Mon Jun 03, 2002 03:58:23 AM
In reply top Moffet Field Hellcat posted by Lowell on Sat Jun 01, 2002 06:49:53 PM
I talked to my father and he said he remembered that it was moved to some museum for display. Unfortunately he does not know which museum.
Scott
: I have tried to get response on other boards in the pas
: t without much luck. Does anyone know the fate of the Hel
: lcat that was displayed in the base green at NAS Moffet Fi
: eld in California in the mid to late 60's. BuAer No. is r
: eported as 79669, c/n A-10814, an F6F-5N and reportedly di
: splayed as "1158" from 1965 TO 1972. I never have found i
: t on the U.S. civil Register under any of these numbers. I
: moved from the area in 1965 and never got a photo of it.
: Interestingly I recall it displayed with at least a coupl
: e of bullet holes in it.
: Does anyone have a photo or any history of this airplane
: ?
: Thank you.