Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat N212KA
Grumman F8F-2P Bearcat N212KA (msn D.902, ex BuAer 121528), fitted with a passenger compartment in the fuselage. This aircraft was destroyed on 12 December 1968 when the engine failed on take-off, due to the counterbalance weight coming loose and shearing all the connecting rods in very short order
Picture No
13790886
Media ID
47857721
Size
5433px x 3642px
(4.8MB)
Credit
© The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
unattributed photographer - scanned from original negative
Date
circa 1965
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