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Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon/Bu. 37537

History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 37480.

• Brought On Charge: N/A
• Struck Off Charge: N/A
• Stored, awaiting disposal, NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, June 12, 1946-1957.
• Total airframe time: 70 hours

Trade-Ayer Inc, Linden Airport, NJ, 1957-1961.

• Registered as N6651D.

Wenairco Inc, Wenatchee, WA, 1962-1974.

• Converted to tanker configuration with fibreglass belly tank, 1962
• Flew as tanker #F40.

Central Air Service, East Wenatchee, WA, 1974-1981.

• Flew as tanker #E40.

Bruce Kinney/Kinney Air Tankers, Richey, MT, February 26, 1981.

• Flew as tanker #103.

S. I. & Kim Verschoot/Custom Farm Service, Richey, MT, February 7, 1984.
Gary R. Larkins, Auburn, CA, 1984.
National Museum of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL, May 1984-1991.

• Displayed in blue USN scheme with no BuNo. or markings.

USS Lexington Museum, Corpus Christi, TX, 1993-2000.

• Displayed on board carrier as USN/Bu. 37537.

Removed from U.S. Civil registry on November 12, 2014.

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