74 | FLIGHTPATHThe Commemorative Air Force’s FG-1D Bu.92468 (N9964Z) was
accepted by the US Navy on July 19, 1945. It was struck off
January 7 1957 and acquired by the CAF on April 21 1961. It
represents VMF-312 “530” of USMC Lt. Merritt O. Chance, and is
based at the Dixie Wing at Peachtree City Georgia. [John Freedman]ABOVE: Yanks Air Museum has F4U-4B Bu.97390 (N47991) under restoration
at their Chino facility. [John Freedman]ABOVE: Owned by the USMC Museum F4U-4 Bu.97349 is on display at the
National Museum of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola. [John Freedman]The USS Midway Museum in San Diego has F4U-4 Bu.96885 in the hangar deck. After US Navy
service it went to the Fuerza Aérea Hondureña as FAH 618 from 1960-1978. [John Freedman]BELOW: Back flying again the Olympic Flight Museum’s
FG1D Corsair Bu. 92436 was built by Goodyear Aircraft
Corporation in Akron, Ohio and was delivered to the US
Navy on the 10th of July, 1945. It is seen here departing
this years Reno AirRaces. [Roger Cain]The F4U-5N, formerly FAH601 Bu. 124569is now owned and operated by John
French of Ketchum, Idaho. The Corsair was one of those ferried from Tegucigalpa
AB Honduras to Houston, Texas in, December 1978. [via John French]