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Serial #: AJ311 Construction #: 4449 Civil Registration: None Model(s): Ventura Mk. II Name: None Status: Displayed Last info: 2002 |
Built for Royal Air Force as AJ311, 19??.
Transferred to USAAF as AJ311.
- BOC: July 9, 1942.
- SOC: September 30, 1946.
- Intended for transfer to Brazilian AF as AJ311, but not delivered.
Lightning Transients Research Inc, St Paul, MN, 1965-1970.
- Used for static tests for lightning strike research.
- Stored in open, still in USAAF scheme.
USAF Museum, 1973-1976.
- Remained in St. Paul.
Fred E. Weisbrod Aircraft Museum, Pueblo, CO, 1986-2002.
- On loan from USAFM.
- Displayed as USAAF/AJ311. Correct 'Nose Art' recreated on fuselage
side reads "2 heads are better than 1"
- Inspection report has this aircraft to be a RB-37 with Wright R-2600 engines
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Source(s): Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Anthony T. Jarvis - Ventura Memorial Flight Association |
Photo Source(s): Dan Jones via Anthony T. Jarvis - VMFA |
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