1932 Boeing Model 235, F4B-4, 9241
550 hp R-1340 Pratt & Whitney
The following is from Peter M Bowers' book, Boeing Aircraft since 1916
The other F4B-4, formerly NC-13 (Navy No. 9241) with new registration NR-9329, retained its standard outward appearance in the hands of several new owners and at one time was fitted with crop-spraying equipment. It was eventually donated to the Smithsonian Institution, and the former Naval Aircraft Factory at the Philadelphia Navy Yard was prevailed upon to restore it to its original military configuration and colouring for display in the National Air Museum. The job was rushed to completion in time for Armed Forces Day and the 50th anniversary of US naval aviation in May 1961. Later, the last of the F4B-4s was repainted in the exact colouring and markings that it had carried in Marine Squadron VFM-9 and is now installed in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.
NASM Washington DC, Jan 2014
Photo from the collection of Charles Peter Colomello via Gil Halpin.
