Hellcat Wreck Pictures...

Warbirdnerd · **Joined:** Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:34 pm **Posts:** 2923

Does anyone recognise these bits?

Anyone recognise where they were taken?
Found them here:
http://www.wwwoods.com/arrowhead/project3

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2627

No idea???

F6F - http://www.wwwoods.com/arrowhead/project3

F4U #97302 - http://www.wwwoods.com/arrowhead/project2
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/corsairr ... 97302.html

F4U #97280 - http://www.wwwoods.com/arrowhead/project1
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/corsairr ... 97280.html

Warbirdnerd · **Joined:** Fri Apr 30, 2004 7:34 pm **Posts:** 2923

Arrowhead was the name of the now imprisoned Jim Fry's investment firm. He owned the Corsair and P-38 wrecks before his legal troubles. I wonder if this in an old ad from the forced sale of his collection?

RMAllnutt · **Posted:** Fri Jan 10, 2014 3:40 pm

These were all at one time part of Jim Fry's collection, and I am pretty certain the Corsairs went to Jim Tobul. I'm not sure what happened to the Hellcat parts though.

Cheers,
Richard

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Fri Jan 10, 2014 4:02 pm

Is Jim Tobul using the second -4 for parts or as a future restoration?

Chris Brame · **Posted:** Fri Jan 10, 2014 4:22 pm

The Hellcat photos look familiar; isn't that mostly drone/ground target wreckage from China Lake and/or what's left of this one? http://www.warbirdregistry.org/f6fregis ... 94385.html

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11319

I heard that the drone parts were at WestPac at one time. Not sure if they are still there.

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Fri Jan 10, 2014 5:21 pm

bdk wrote:

I heard that the drone parts were at WestPac at one time. Not sure if they are still there.

Would make sense since the Corsairs ended up there as well.

51fixer · **Posted:** Fri Jan 10, 2014 8:43 pm

Westpac is where they would have been IIRC.

I have a pair of MLG Retract Cylinders with all the steel parts including the rams in usable condition. Thats all the F6F parts I have.
I remember seeing a wing from the CAF burned Hellcat at Gary Austin's place.

marine air · **Posted:** Sat Jan 11, 2014 12:32 am

Just so you know, TheTobuls' bought up all of Pardue's Corsair stuff back in the 80's. Ironically they have more Bearcat parts than they ever had Corsair parts. Heard it from "The Man"myself last year.

lusc10 · **Posted:** Sat Jan 11, 2014 5:28 pm

Pardue's hanger has a large amount of Corsair parts. Tobul did not buy it all.

Randy Tait

m50a1ontos · **Posted:** Fri Jan 31, 2014 11:46 pm

Here's another one...but I don't think the Navy will let go of it let alone ackowlege it's even there.

https://goo.gl/maps/pX6uk

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