ONLINE ONLY ESTATE COLLECTABLE AUCTION
Thursday, 23 - Monday, 27 November 2023
NZ RAF F4U CORSAIR AIRCRAFT WEATHER VAIN/MODEL blue PLANE on old chrome stand
Realised: $700 plus premium
Current Bid $700 (37 bids, reserve met)
Bidding for this lot has now closed
This lot is now closed 27 Nov 9:06 PM (NZST)
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Lot Details
the original plane from which this is modelled: NZ5315 5156 F4U-1 Bu49909. Shipped from USA on 26 April 1944 aboard "USS Table Rock". Assembled in Espiritu Santo and BOC Unit 60 on 22 May 1944. Issued to No.21 Fighter Squadron, Guadalcanal on 28 June 1944. Coded "315". To No.14 Squadron on 08 August 1944. To No.26 Squadron on 10 April 1945. Ferried to New Zealand in October 1945. Advertised for sale by WARB tender number 1704 and sold from Rukuhia to J. Larsen, Palmerston North on 02 March 1948.
