Pensacola gets a Prowler and Hint of Lake Michigan Corsair

[Dave C]

Nice addition to the museum and the closing sentence confirms what another thread had talked about regarding the corsair.

http://www.pnj.com/article/20100702/NEWS01/7020324/1006/NEWS01/Museum-gets-a-1960s-era-Prowler-jet

Dave in NJ

[Shay]

I wonder what kind of "restoration" work they do on an aircraft coming off of active duty? Not sure how much more "Real Life" you can make it look.

Perhaps they mean "Preservation" / De-Mil for museum display.

Anyone have any inside news on the Corsair recovery?

Shay
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[Django]

The birdcage Corsair??

[mrhenniger]

They didn't actually say in the article, but what is the BuNo?

Mike

[mustangdriver]

The birdcage Corsair??

That's the one!

[Pat Carry]

Very nice addition to the museum. I have always liked the Prowler.

[Andy Marden]

They didn't actually say in the article, but what is the BuNo?

Mike

Mike,
156481.
Andy

[shepsair]

Ensign Carl H. Johnson who crashed on 12 June 1943 off the USS Wolverine out on Lake Michigan.

He was flying a F4U-1 Corsair Bureau Number 02465.


Pilot
Name: Carl H Johnson
Service Info.: ENS US NAVY
Birth Date: 11 Mar 1918
Death Date: 25 Nov 1943
Interment Date: 10 Jan 1949
Cemetery: National Memorial Cemetery of The Pacific
Cemetery Address: 2177 Puowaina Drive Honolulu, HI 96813
Buried At: Section A Site 101

In contact with family, as are A&T and Pensacola.

If anyone has $250,000 spare, I am sure it will be recovered this year!

regards

Mark

[Shay]

Any details on how Ensign Johnson was lost?

Shay
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[shepsair]

Shay

Training on HI prior to boarding ship - Midair collision in Hellcats. The other pilot landed OK, Johnson was killed.

Have log book/photos but will have to wait until the Corsair is recovered!

Mark