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Bureau #: 53139 Construction #: 3201 Civil Registration(s): CF-IMN N6VC Model(s): TBM-3S AS Mk. 3 Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to RCN as 53139. - BOC: Sept. 27, 1950. - SOC: Jan. 30, 1960. Skyway Air Services, Langley, BC, 1957-1969. - Registered as CF-IMN. - Converted to tanker at Victoria, BC, 1958. - Flew as #605. Convair Aviation Ltd, Abbotsford, BC, 1969-1977. - Flew as tanker #605. Forest Protection Ltd, Fredericton, NB, 1981-1994. - Flown as tanker #5. - Stored, 1990-1995. Jeff Thomas/Vintage Wings, Seattle, WA, July 1994. - Delivered by truck, dismantled. Ozark Management Inc, Rolla, MO, Feb. 28, 1995-1998. - Registered as N6VC. Wes Stricker, Rolla, MO, July 11, 1998-2002. - Restored to military configuration. - Flown as USN/85715/15. NOTE: Painted with ID of Stricker's other TBM, N65VC. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Photo Source(s): Martin Kyburz/Swiss Mustangs. |
