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Dan Jones
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Does anyone know the identity of the F6F that was apparently on display aboard Intrepid some years ago? It seems to be a bit of an orphan on the Registry.

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I believe 24895 was a replica
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Are there any photos of it?

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Dan Jones wrote:
Are there any photos of it?



With a little interweb digging, I came up with this from September 2003 (bonus Helldiver replica included):

http://michaelminn.net/newyork/museums/ ... rected.jpg



As for its current disposition, I haven't kept track of it past this old WIX thread:

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... =3&t=23513

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Thanks, Dan!

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Dan Jones wrote:
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Digressing...more Helldiver replica:

https://www.dutchsprings.com/scuba/

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I took a few pics in 1995.

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