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    Airframe Family: Grumman F4F/FM Wildcat
    Latest Model:FM-2 Wildcat
    Last Military Serial:86956 USN
    Construction Number:6014
    Last Civil Registration:N18P
    Compressed ID:General Motors Eastern Aircraft Div...
    Latest Owner or Location:Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Dallas - Fort Worth, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a FM-2 by General Motors Eastern Aircraft Division at Baltimore, MD, USA.

    1 August 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 86956.

    By 1946

    Assigned to Bethpage, NY for storage.

    1947

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    1958

    To E. J. Saviano, La Grange, IL with new c/r N18PK.

    1966

    To William D. Ross, Chicago, IL with new c/r N18P.

    1969

    To Louis V. Gallo and Charlie Keller, Hillside, IL keeping c/r N18P.

    1977

    Restoration completed.
    Markings Applied: 17

    28 October 1977

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL18P (FM-2, 6014) issued.

    31 July 1979


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1979 photo at Oshkosh WI - of a Grumman FM-2 Wildcat

    By August 1979


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    20 March 1980

    To Joseph G. Mabee, Midland, TX keeping c/r N18P.

    21 July 1995

    To Cavanaugh Collection Inc, Addison, TX keeping c/r N18P.

    Based at Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
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    5 April 2022


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: N18P performing at Sun n Fun 2022, Lakeland, FL
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