The F7F-3 was a single-seat fighter-bomber Tigercat variant of which 189 were built out of a total of 364 for the type between 1943 and 1946. BuNo 80373 was taken up by the USMC in March 1945 and operated with VMF-911 at MCAS Cherry Point till 1948. In 1963 it was registered N7654C as a fire service aircraft, used to tackle bush fires until the 1970s. In September 1980 it was flown to Pensacola for the museum

A Naval Aviation Museum exhibit, making a rare appearance outdoors in the static display park at the 1987 Air Display.

Later to the National Museum of Naval Aviation at Pensacola, Florida.

This was the 15th of 250 Tigercats to roll off the assembly line before joining VMF-911 at MCAS Cheery Point in March 1945. Her service lasted only three years before joining the civilian register as N7654C, even serving time as a fire-bomber before being acquired by the National Naval Aviation Museum in 1980.