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    Airframe Family: Grumman F4F/FM Wildcat
    Latest Model:FM-2 Wildcat
    Last Military Serial:47160 USN
    Construction Number:2313
    Last Civil Registration:N551TC
    Compressed ID:General Motors Eastern Aircraft Div...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air-SRV Inc, Houston, TX

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 47160.

    1950

    Inst. airframe, Trade School MT.

    14 October 1959

    Certificate of airworthiness for N2876D (FM-2, 47160) issued.

    From 15 October 1959 to 1964

    To Western Aerial Contractors, Eugene, OR with new c/r N2876D.

    From 1966 to 1969

    To Robert J. Hartlaub, Summit NJ keeping c/r N2876D.

    Circa 1969


    Photographer: Unknown

    Circa 1969


    Photographer: Unknown

    From 1970 to 1972

    To Keith J. Mackey, Opa Locka FL keeping c/r N2876D.
    Markings added: 7

    Circa 1970


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Miami International, Florida

    Circa 1970


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In MIA.

    From 1977 to 1984

    To Wings of Yesterday Flying Air Museum, Santa Fe, NM keeping c/r N2876D.

    From May 1984 to 1991

    To John C. Hooper/Intracoastal Terminal Inc, Harvey LA with new c/r N551TC.

    From 5 August 1998 to 2006

    To Texas Aviation Hall of Fame, Galveston, TX keeping c/r N551TC.
    Markings added: 7, Old Fang

    Operated by Lone Star Flight Museum, Scholes Field, Galveston, TX.
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    2006

    To FM-2 Llc, Lewes, DE keeping c/r N551TC.

    9 August 2008


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Thunder Over Michigan at the Yankee Air Force Museum in Ypsilanti, MI.

    Based at Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Municipal Airport, Tulsa, OK.
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    Markings Applied: 7

    27 July 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2011 Oshkosh

    27 July 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2011 Oshkosh

    1 January 2014

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR551TC (FM-2, 47160) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2014

    To Air-SRV Inc, Houston, TX keeping c/r N551TC.

    26 April 2014


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At NAS Fort Worth JRB, TX Open House.
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    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    AMCAR
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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