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Bureau #: 59876 Construction #: Unknown (527th built) Civilian Registration: N6319D N6813D Model(s): PB4Y-2 (USN) PB4T-2G (USCG) Super Privateer Name: None Status: Display Last info: 2002 |
History: Manufactered by Consolidated Vultee Aircraft, San Diego, CA, 19??. Accepted by U.S. Navy, April 27, 1945. Delivered to U.S. Navy as Bu. 59876, August 1, 1945. - BOC: Aug. 1, 1954. - SOC: Jan. 1953. - Assigned to Patrol Bombing Squadron 197, Camp Kearny N.A.A.S (NAS Miramar)., Sept. 1945. -- Used for transitional training. - Assigned to Weather Reconnaissance Sq.1. (VPW-1), Dec. 1945. - Assigned to HEDRON 2, (FAW-14), March 1946. -- Repaired at NAS Corpus Christi, July 1946. - Storage at Litchfield Park, AZ, Sept. 1946. -- 371 hours total flight time. In storage for 6 years. - Retired from U.S. Navy and converted to S.A.R. configuration, desginated PBY-2G, Sept. 18 1952. -- Repainted in U.S.C.G. colors. Delivered to U.S.C.G, Jan. 1953. - Assigned to USCG Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, Feb 1953. -- Deployed to Wake Island and Guam. - Stored at NAS Litchfield Park, AZ., Feb. 1954. -- Total airframe flight time, 736 hours Lysdale Flying Service, St. Paul, MN, Dec. 27, 1957. - Acquired for $6,600. - Registered as N6813D. Cisco Aircraft, Lancaster, CA, Dec. 1957. - Used for aerial spraying. Sun Valley Insurance Agency, Burbank, CA, Nov. 30, 1961. National City Aircraft Leasing, Chicago, IL Dec. 9, 1961. Multiple Owners, Jan. 29 - Feb. 28, 1965. Loening Air Inc., Boise, ID, Feb. 1965. Cal-Nat Airways, Grass Valley, CA, Apr. 1967. - Derelict and stripped of engines by Sept. 1967. Hawkins & Powers, Greybull, WY, Nov. 25, 1969. - Acquired for $6,600. - Converted to firebomber. - Modified to use Wright R-2600 engines. - Flew as A25, B25 and 125. - Crashed and heavily damaged at Port Hardy, BC, Aug. 8, 1975. -- Crashed caused by fuel exhaustion on landing approach. -- A/C ran off runway into bay, no injuries. -- Recovered by bulldozer Aug. 11, 1975. - Written off, insurance settlement amounted to $142,500. Airplane Supply Centre, Vancouver B.C, 1975. Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation, Richmond, BC, 1975. - Remained derelict at airport, 1975-1981. - Sold to unknown company, and scrapped (chopped into sections for transport). Yankee Air Force, Belleville, MI, Apr. 1986-2002. - Anonymous donor. - Arrived in 11 sections, heavily damaged. - Restored to static display condition. . |