F3F-2 Fighter

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Grumman F3F-2 Fighter

Aircraft NO.  0977  Model  F3F-2 Fighter Engine Model  R-1820-22

Contractor  Grumman                          Date Stricken  30 May 1942

Total Flying Time  1490.8  Hours

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     Shipped                      Destination                             Received  

    12-29-37           Airplane #1, Quantico                          12-29-37

    12-31-37           Crashed

    01-16-38          Airplane #2, San Diego - VMF-2            01-16-38

    11-24-39          Crashed

                            BAD-2, San Diego                               11-27-39

    02-05-40          VMF-2, San Diego

                           BAD-2, San Diego                                02-21-40

    03-21-40         VMF-2, San Diego

                          Nas. Pearl Harbor                                  10-10-41

   10-10-41         Nas. San Diego                                      10-30-41

   02-03-42         Nas. Corpus Christi                                02-04-42

   03-31-42        Crashed

                                        TROUBLE REPORT

   Date          Station                              Remarks

10-17-38       Air. #2, S. Diego            All propeller blades bent.

04-05-39       Air. #2, S. Diego           All three propeller blades bent.

11-25-39      VMF-2, San Diego

Leading edge and tips of both wings, both spars bent, gap cowling, lower left wing bent.  Three propeller blades bent. etc.

02-26-40      VMF-2, San Diego

Salt water immersion.  Left compression link broken at weld.  right landing gear chain broken.  three blades of propeller bent.  right upper drag link bent.  Oil cooler cowling bent.  Lower section engine right cowl bent. etc.

04-01-42    Corpus Christie                      Strike.

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