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Dave C
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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

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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. :lol:

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

Anyone have any inside news on the Corsair recovery?

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The birdcage Corsair?? :shock:

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

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Django wrote:
The birdcage Corsair?? :shock:



That's the one!

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

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

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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.


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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!

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Any details on how Ensign Johnson was lost?

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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!

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