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LOCKHEED PV-2 HARPOON/Bu. 37265

History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 37265.

• Brought On Charge: N/A
• Struck Off Charge: N/A
• Stored, awaiting disposal, NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, September 27, 1955-1957.

L. B. Smith Aircraft Corp, Miami, FL, August 12, 1957.

• Registered as N3247G.

Ben T. Jones, Miami FL 16.8.57/62 Norsur SA, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ????.

• Registered as LV-PKC.
• Probably not delivered.

Master Equipment Co, Cheyenne WY 11.7.62

• Registered as N3247G.

Henry Birmingham, Phoenix, AZ, August 3, 1962-1967.

• Converted to sprayer/spreader configuration completed, August 1963.

Dothan Aviation Corp, Dothan, AL, March 8, 1967-1983.

• Withdrawn from use and placed into open storage at Dothan-Wheeless, AL, 1978-1985.

Globe Air, Mesa, AZ, April 1, 1983-1985.

• Sold at Globe Air closing down auction, October 24, 1985.

Richard T. Mitchell/Acadiana Aero Restoration Society, Broussard, LA, October 1985-1988.
Neil M. Rose/Rose's Raiders, Vancouver, WA, September 28, 1988-1993.

• Dismantled at Dothan, AL. Wings only used in military restoration

John W. Hirth/Hirth Air Tankers, Dothan, AL (later Buffalo, WY), June 1993-2002.

• Acquired fuselage and parts.
• Fueslage stored on farm near Dothan, AL.
• Trucked to Columbus, NE & Buffalo, NY, 1993.
• Used as parts source.

Removed from U.S. Civil registry as broken-up, February 2, 2004.

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