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Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon/Bu. 37230

History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 37175.

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

Private Owner, 1957.

• Registered as N7459C.
• Noted with civil registration hand-painted over Marines scheme, Phoenix, AZ, August 1957.

H. E. Connor, 1961.

• Configured as aerial fire tanker.
• flew as tanker #F30.

Rogue Flying Service, Medford, OR, 1963.
Aero Ag Inc, Medford, OR, 1963-1968.

• Flew as tanker #30.

Clarks Aerial Services, Brownfield, TX, 1968-1977.
Brownfield Aerial Inc, Brownfield, TX, October 1977.
Oklahoma Aircraft Corp, Yukon, OK, 1979.
John W. Hirth, Dothan, AL, September 1979-1983.

• Withdrawn from use, damaged, DeRidder, LA, 1971-1979.
• Repaired, 1979-1982.
• First flight, May 1955.
• Reconfigured as sprayer.
• Named Cowabunga.

Louis Minkoff, Ypsilanti, MI, 1983-1984.
Private Owner, Columbus, NE, 1987-1989.
John W. Hirth/Hirth Air Tankers, Dothan, AL, August 1989-1998.

• Withdrawn from use and stored, Columbus, NE, 1989-1998.

Constance C. Hirth, Buffalo, WY, March 9, 1998-99.
National Museum Of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL, 1999-2019.

• Delivered to Pensacola in U.S. Navy blue scheme, rocket rails, February 10, 2000.
• Displayed as “Navy 37230/Z291”.
• Under restoration in museum workshop, 2018-2019.

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