RAY CRUPI COLLECTION
No. 11420. Goodyear FG-1A Corsair (NX69900) "Lucky Gallon"
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Goodyear FG-1A Corsair

06/30/2012. Remarks by Johan Visschedijk: "Produced under the BuNo 13481, this aircraft was delivered to the USN in early 1945, the following year it was sold to Cook Cleland Air Service of Willoughby, Ohio. It was registered as NX69900, named Lucky Gallon, and listed as Racer number "92". In 1950 it was badly damaged in high winds on the ramp at Willoughby, in 1953 the wreck was added to the Walter Soplata Aviation Collection at Newbury, Cleveland, Ohio. By 2000 only the forward fuselage and some parts survived, the remainder had been scrapped."


Created June 30, 2012