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Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon/Bu. 37234

History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 37234.

• Brought On Charge: N/A
• Struck Off Charge: N/A
• Stored, awaiting disposal, NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, December 6, 1955-1957.

Private Owner, 1957.

• Registered as N7458C.
• Civilian converstion completed, May 1958.

Quintana Petroleum Corp, Houston, TX, 1961-1966.
Clarks Aerial Services, Brownfield, TX, 1966-1977.

• Converted to agricultural fertilizer spreader, July 1966.

Brownfield Aerial Inc, Brownfield, TX, October 7, 1977.
Oklahoma Aircraft Corp, Yukon, OK, 1977-1979.
John W. Hirth, Dothan, AL, September 1979-1981.

• Operated as sprayer.

Louis Minkoff, Ypsilanti, MI, 1983-1986.
Arrow Aircraft Inc, Toledo, OH, January 1986-1987.
John W. Hirth/Hirth Air Tankers, Dothan, AL (later Buffalo, WY, May 1988-1998.

• Operated as sprayer.
• Withdrawn from use and place into open storage, Buffalo, WY, 1992-2007.
• Converted into tanker configuration.

Constance C. Hirth, Buffalo, WY, March 9, 1998-2005.
J. W. Duff, Denver, CO, May 2005.

• Acquired at auction.

Gary Hilton, Lone Jack, MO, 2007-2008.

• Restoration project.
• Partially dismantled at Buffalo, WY, April 2007.
• Fuselage waiting for collection at Buffalo, WY, April 2008.

Displayed at adventure park, Branson, MO, 2008-2012.

• Displayed in yellow and red scheme.
• Badly damaged by tornado, Branson, MO, February 29, 2012.
• Broken-up and hauled away for scrap, February 2013.

Removed from U.S. Civil registry on May 8, 2013.

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