History:
Delivered to U.S. Navy as Bu. 80373.
- BOC: ???
- SOC: 1948
TBM Inc., Tulare, CA, 1948.
- Registered as N7654C.
Calvin J. Butler/Butler Farm Air Service, Redmond, OR, 1963-1966.
- Flew as tanker #F18 (later #18).
- TBM Inc, Tulare, CA, 1969-1980.
- Flew as tanker #E63. National Museum Of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL, 1980-2011.
- Displayed as USMC/80373/12.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Photo Source(s):
Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, 2003
Martin Kyburz / Swiss Mustangs Research Assistance:
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