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    Airframe Family: Vought F8U / F-8 Crusader
    Latest Model:RF-8G Crusader
    Last Military Serial:145645 USN
    Compressed ID:Vought RF-8G sn 145645 USN
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a F8U-1P.

    Circa 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 145645.

    By 1961

    Transferred to Fighter Photo Reconnaissance Squadron 62 (VFP-62), Cecil Field, FL.
    Operated with markings: GA-913
    Deployed with USS Forrestal.

    September 1962

    Redesignated as RF-8A.

    1964

    Markings Applied: AJ-913

    Circa 1965

    Transferred to Transferred to Light Photographic Squadron 63 (VFP-63), NAS Miramar, CA.
    Operated with markings: PP-907

    1966

    Converted to a RF-8G.

    1970

    Markings Applied: AJ-600

    1972

    Markings Applied: AE-602

    1975

    Markings Applied: NL-652
    The tail was marked in a bicentennial paint scheme.

    18 May 1982

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 2F0429.

    2007

    To USS Battleship Alabama Memorial Park, Mobile, AL.
    Replaced 146898 on display at USS Alabama after former was damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
    View the Location Dossier

    7 September 2007


    Photographer: Bill Spidle
    Notes: Has been repainted in VFP-62 colors

    Markings Applied: GA-913
    Restored as when with VFP-62.

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 October 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 November 2018


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    26 September 2023


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
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    Mike Henniger
    Bill Spidle
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