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1944 Grumman / Eastern FM-2 Wildcat S/N 16203 (N909WJ) is currently for sale.
The airframe reportedly has 624.9 hrs since complete restoration by Vintage Aircraft of Fort Collins, CO, while the Wright R-1920-56W engine has 624.9 hrs SMOH by JRS Enterprises. The machine is equipped with an avionics package and wears the U.S. Navy colors of observation composite squadron VOC-1, which operated off of the USS Wake Island and USS Marshall Island during the landings on the Philippines, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa.
The Wildcat is located in California and is currently being offered for $1,300,000. Click here to check out the complete listing.
(Photo: D. Miller via Flickr)
