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Re: AU-1 and F3A Corsairs Extant

Posted by Rob Mears on Wed Nov 13, 2002 04:35:29 AM

In reply top AU-1 and F3A Corsairs Extant posted by Dan on Wed Nov 13, 2002 03:11:15 AM

There is a single well "pranged" F3A still lingering around the northern United States. It will take an extreme effort to get it anywhere near flyable anytime soon, though I believe it is restorable.

There was rumor of a second Brewster Corsair at the bottom of an obscure fresh water lake, but that's complete rumor. Even if it were true, ownership would fall to the US Navy and their 'active abandonment' policy means it would most likely remain there forever.

I remember a rumor years back via a Frenchman about a reported AU-1 wrecksite in the regions near Vietnam, but nothing ever became of it. Alsom there's an F4U-7 at the USS Alabama Memorial Park masquerading as a Marine AU-1. Other than that, there are no actual AU-1's left in known existence.

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