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Bureau #: 53420 Construction #: 3482 Civil Registration(s): CF-KCM C-FKCM N420GP Model(s): TBM-3S AS Mk. 3M Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2006 |
History: Delivered to RCN as 53420. - BOC: Oct. 19, 1950. - SOC: July 5, 1960. Skyway Air Services, Langley, BC, 1961-1969. - Registered as CF-KCM. - Tanker #616. Convair Aviation Ltd, Abbotsford, BC, 1969-1977. - Flew as tanker #616. Forest Protection Ltd, Fredericton, NB, 1978-1993. - Registered as C-FKCM. - Flown as tanker #16. - Crashed on take-off, Boston Brook, NB, June 8, 1981. - Stored, 1990-1994. Jeff Thomas/Vintage Wings, Seattle, WA, 1993-1994. Vintage Wings, Seattle, WA, Feb. 11, 1994-2000. - Registered as N420GP. - Arrived dismantled by truck, July 1994. Douglas J. Rued, Minot, ND, Aug. 22, 2000-2002. Tri-State Warbird Museum, Batavia, OH, 2004-2006. |
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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. Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2006. Photo Source(s): Mark Silvestri. |
