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PV-1 Ventura/Bu. 48775



Bureau #: 48775
Construction #:
  237-6011
Civil Registration:
  None
Model(s):
  PV-1 Ventura
  Ventura GR. V
Name: None
Status: Displayed
Last info: 1996

History:
Delivered to U.S. Navy as Bu. 48775, 19??.
Delivered to RAF as Ventura GR.V JS956, 19??.
Transferred to South African AF as 6534, Jan. 25, 1945.
- Allocated to 17 Squadron.
- Ferried to South Africa by 17 Squadron.
- Transferred to 22 Sqdn as MT-Z.
- stored 15AD December 1959.
- Displayed at Ft. Klapperkop Museum, ????-1979.
Vern Raburn, 1989-1996.
- Moved to Johannesburg-Rand airport, 1992.
- awaiting pick-up/disposition, 1996.
- Reported mismarked as 6453.

Source(s):
Anthony Jarvis, Ventura Memorial Flight Association
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page, home.att.net/~jbaugher/
Photo Source(s):
Anthony Jarvis, Ventura Memorial Flight Association

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