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"Ready 4 Duty"
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Bureau #: 50783 Construction #: 26408 Civil Registration: N151ZE Model: R4D-6 Name: Ready 4 Duty Status: Airworthy Last info: 2005 |
History: Built at Douglas's Oklahoma City, OK, plant. Delivered to U.S. Navy as 50783. - BOC: Oct. 1944. - SOC: 1979. - Loaned to U.S. Department Of Forestry, 1968-1974. -- Used as a fire-fighting smoke jumper aircraft. - Loaned to Florida Department of Forestry, 1974-1979. -- Used as a fire-fighting smoke jumper aircraft. Confederate Air Force, Dallas/Fort Worth, 1980-2005. - Restored to WWII configuration. - Based at Lancaster, TX. - Flown as "Ready 4 Duty". |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Photo Source(s): Chuck Gardner. |
