Take a tour of Chuck Wahl's Vultures Row Aviation latest project. A rare 1943 F4U1 Corsair. Located in Cameron Park, Ca. at (530) 6769245...get in line for one of these Corsairs!
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Vultures Row Aviation
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Vultures Row on KVIE Television
• Yes! We’re Open: Episode 103
Flying Formation with Chuck's SNJ
• AT6 Formation Flyover Cockpit View 4...
HAFU video
• Listen To How The WW2 Corsair Got Its...
Battle Stations Video
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Aircraft History
BuAer 02449
Const#297 (the 297th corsair built)
Vought MFG No 3079
02449 started its SoPac tour arriving in the South Pacific on May 5 1943. For May and June 02449 was a probable VMF112 Guadalcanal aircraft. Then in late June to early July 02449 was acquired by the Swashbucklers (VMF214 prior to Boyington) to train in the "New" Corsair and was with Swashbucklers in July Aug 1943 (under MAG11) until they officially became VMF214 "BlackSheep" with Boyington as the CO on Sept 7, 1943 and was at Fighter strip 1, turtle bay, Espiritu Santo until it's crash Oct 1 1943.
The airframe was recovered in the jungle surrounding Turtle Bay in 2007 with the cooperation of the Vanuatu govt and an Australian Museum.