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PV-1 Ventura/Bu. 33260



Bureau #: 33260
Construction #:
  237-5269
Civil Registration:
  N75384
  N9060
  Model(s):
  PV-1 Ventura
  GR Mk. V
  Howard Super Ventura
Name: None
Status: Unknown
Last info: 1990

History:
Delivered to Royal Canadian AF as 2186.
- BOC: June 10, 1943.
- SOC: August 11, 1950.
Douglas W. Siple/Siple Aviation Ltd, Montreal Quebec, Canada, 1955.
- Acquired from storage Vulcan AB, Alberta.
Universal Trading Corp, New York, NY, August 11, 1955.
Howard Aero Service, San Antonio, TX, December 5, 1955-1957.
- Converted to Howard Super Ventura, finished December 1957.
-- #22.
Cluett Peabody & Co, New York, NY, December 1957-1963.
- Registered as N9060.
Rita Corp, July 3, 1963.
Fairchild Stratos Corp, July 3, 1963-1964.
Chemical & Industrial Corp, Cincinatti, OH, April 27, 1964-1968.
William C. Whitesell/Flying W Airways, Fort Lauderdale, FL/Medford, NJ, November 1968-1972.
R. Cornell Co, Westville, NJ, Mar. 3, 1972-1973.
R. M. Richards/Onyx Aviation, Miami, FL, May 23, 1973.
Lomax Corp, June 14, 1973-1974.
Hydro Development International Ltd, SA, Jan. 11, 1974-1977.
Onyx Aviation Inc, Oklahoma City, OK, October 1977-1978.
Southern Aero Traders, Miami, FL, November 1978-1980.
Milo Brelle, February 4, 1980.
Oklahoma Aircraft Corp, Yukon, OK, October 1980-1990.
- Withdrawn from use, stored, 1980-1982.

Speculation as to the fate of this aircraft is that it was
lost/abandoned during drug smuggling operations.


Source(s):
Federal Aviation Administration.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Photo Source(s):
Mick Bajcar.


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