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Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon/Bu. 37202

History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 37202.

• Brought On Charge: N/A
• Struck Off Charge: N/A
• Stored, awaiting disposal, NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, July 27, 1954-1957.

Lawrence G. Deurk, Palo Alto, CA, April 12, 1957.

• Registered as N7483C.

Ernest Martin, Long Beach CA, March 10, 1964.

• Acquired at marshal's auction Santa Ana, CA.

Henry R. Birmingham, Phoenix, AZ, April 1, 1964-1966.

• Converted to agricultural sprayer configuration, April 1965.

Dothan Aviation Corp, Dothan, AL, March 8, 1967-1979.
Hugh W. Wheelless, Dothan, AL, March 1, 1979.
Michigan Aerial Applicators, Ann Arbor, MI, June 25, 1979.

• Used for grasshopper spraying in Oregon.
• Withdrawn from use and placed into open storage at Mesa, AZ, circa 1979-2003.

Hugh W. Wheelless, Dothan, AL, March 21, 1980.
Aircraft Specialties Inc, Mesa, AZ, March 4, 1981-1990.

• Withdrawn from use and placed into open storage at Mesa, AZ, circa 1979-2003.

Kermit A. Weeks, Miami, FL, 2000-2004.

• Stored, Mesa, AZ.

Kermit Weeks/Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, FL, May 5. 2004-2017.

• Ferried from Mesa, AZ, to Chino, CA, May 2004.
• Stored pending restoration, 2004-2017.

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