Editing BuNo 56187

[[File:CapturedCorsairartistsimpression-profile.jpg|thumb|300px|Artist Impression of captured Corsair.<ref name="FAA Archive F4U">[http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/aircraft/Corsair.htm Fleet Air Arm Archive - F4U Corsair]</ref>]]

'''BuNo 56187''' was a [[:Category:Chance Vought F4U Corsair|Chance-Vought F4U-1A Corsair II]]<ref>[http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries6.html US Navy Serials]</ref>

=History=
First Delivered to the Royal Navy in November 1943, joining 732 Sdn at Brunswick, USA,<ref>[http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/old-threads/germany-capture-f4u-1a-145.html WW2 Aircraft net]</ref> becoming '''JT404'''.<ref name="FAA Archive F4U"/>

While involved in an anti-submarine patrol from HMS Formidable, as part of 1841 Squadron, JT404 was enroute to Scapa after Operation Mascot against the German Battleship Tirpitz, in company with Barracuda of Wing Leader Lt Cdr RS Baker-Falkner, when it was forced to make an emergency landing in a field at Sorvag, Hameroy, near Bodo, Norway on 18 July 1944. The pilot, Lt Mattholie, became a POW, and the aircraft was captured intact with no damage. {{#tag:ref|The German authorities made attempts to get the pilot to explain how to fold the wings so as to transport the aircraft to Narvik.|group="N"}}

The aircraft was ferried by boat for further investigation. It is not known if the Corsair was taken to Germany, although the aircraft was listed at Rechlin in 1944 under repair. This was probably the first Corsair captured by the Germans.<ref name="FAA Archive Captured">[http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/aircraft/FAACapturedAircraftHomepage.html  Fleet Air Arm Archive - Captured Aircraft]</ref>
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+[[File:CapturedCorsairartistsimpression-profile.jpg|thumb|300px|Artist Impression of captured Corsair.<ref name="FAA Archive F4U">[http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/aircraft/Corsair.htm Fleet Air Arm Archive - F4U Corsair]</ref>]]
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+'''BuNo 56187''' was a [[:Category:Chance Vought F4U Corsair|Chance-Vought F4U-1A Corsair II]]<ref>[http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries6.html US Navy Serials]</ref>
-|image=[[File:CapturedCorsairartistsimpression-profile.jpg|thumb|300px]]
-|caption=Artist Impression of captured Corsair.<ref name="FAA Archive F4U">[http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/aircraft/Corsair.htm Fleet Air Arm Archive - F4U Corsair]</ref>
-|designation=[[:Category:Chance Vought F4U Corsair|Chance Vought F4U Corsair]]
-|version=F4U-1A Corsair II<ref>[http://www.joebaugher.com/navy_serials/thirdseries6.html US Navy Serials]</ref>
-|thisversionbuilt=
-|totalbuilt=
-|c/n=
-|originaloperator=732 Sdn<br>1841 Squadron
-|originalid=JT404<ref name="FAA Archive F4U"/>
-|capturedate=18 July 1944
-|captureplace=Sorvag, Hameroy
-|newoperator(s)=
-|newid(s)=
-|fate=Unknown
-}}
 =History=
-The aircraft was first delivered to the Royal Navy in November 1943.<ref>[http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/old-threads/germany-capture-f4u-1a-145.html WW2 Aircraft net]</ref>
+First Delivered to the Royal Navy in November 1943, joining 732 Sdn at Brunswick, USA,<ref>[http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/old-threads/germany-capture-f4u-1a-145.html WW2 Aircraft net]</ref> becoming '''JT404'''.<ref name="FAA Archive F4U"/>
-While involved in an anti-submarine patrol from HMS Formidable, JT404 was enroute to Scapa after Operation Mascot against the German Battleship Tirpitz, in company with Barracuda of Wing Leader Lt Cdr RS Baker-Falkner, when it was forced to make an emergency landing in a field near Bodo, Norway. The pilot, Lt Mattholie, became a POW, and the aircraft was captured intact with no damage. {{#tag:ref|The German authorities made attempts to get the pilot to explain how to fold the wings so as to transport the aircraft to Narvik.|group="N"}}
+While involved in an anti-submarine patrol from HMS Formidable, as part of 1841 Squadron, JT404 was enroute to Scapa after Operation Mascot against the German Battleship Tirpitz, in company with Barracuda of Wing Leader Lt Cdr RS Baker-Falkner, when it was forced to make an emergency landing in a field at Sorvag, Hameroy, near Bodo, Norway on 18 July 1944. The pilot, Lt Mattholie, became a POW, and the aircraft was captured intact with no damage. {{#tag:ref|The German authorities made attempts to get the pilot to explain how to fold the wings so as to transport the aircraft to Narvik.|group="N"}}
 The aircraft was ferried by boat for further investigation. It is not known if the Corsair was taken to Germany, although the aircraft was listed at Rechlin in 1944 under repair. This was probably the first Corsair captured by the Germans.<ref name="FAA Archive Captured">[http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/aircraft/FAACapturedAircraftHomepage.html  Fleet Air Arm Archive - Captured Aircraft]</ref>