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Bureau #: AJ247 Construction #: 4385 Civil Registration: NL5770N N5770N N18M N92U N200JW N208JW N570FT Model(s): Mk. II Super Ventura Howard 350 Name: None Status: Destroyed Last info: 1977 |
History: Delivered to Royal Canadian AF as AJ247. - BOC: Jan. 18, 1943. - SOC: Mar. 20, 1947. - To Ottawa, Ontario, Canada for special duty and test RAF/RCAF July 1943 till Oct. 1944 - Used by #34 OTU (RAF) - Sold for $100 by War Assets Corporation, Oct. 1947. W. E. Colpitts, Moncton, NB, Oct. 20, 1947. Hunter C. Moody/Decatur Aviation Co, Decatur, IL, Dec. 1948-1951. - Registered as NL5770N. Frederick B. Ayer/Trade-Ayer Co, Linden, NJ, Apr. 21, 1951. - Registered as N5770N. Arthur O. Meurer Company Inc, New York, NY, June 11, 1951. Fairbanks Morse & Co, Chicago, IL, June 13, 1951-1959. - Registered as N18M. - Converted to executive configuration by AiResearch Aviation, Los Angeles, CA. -- Completed June 1952. - Flew as The Colonel. W. B. Willis, San Antonio, TX, Feb. 9, 1959. - Registered as N92U. Howard Aero Inc, San Antonio, TX, Oct. 1959-1960. - Converted to Super Ventura completed, Apr. 15, 1960. - Later modified to Howard 350 configuration. Jim Walter Corp, Tampa, FL, Apr. 14, 1960-1968. - Registered as N200JW. - Registered as N208JW, Sept. 7, 1967. Florida Tile Industries Inc, Lakeland, FL, Apr. 15, 1968-1969. - Registered as N570FT. Hydros Inc, St Petersburg, FL, Nov. 8, 1969-1970. Friedkin Enterprises Inc, Rancho Santa Fe, CA, Oct. 5, 1970-1971. Combs Aircraft Inc, Denver, CO, Feb. 11, 1971. Marine Investment Inc, Mobile, AL, June 16, 1971-1975. Rotor-Aire Inc/Helicopter Enterprises Inc, West Memphis, TN, July 21, 1975. Sea-Air Corp, Powder Springs, GA, Oct. 1975-1977. Equipment Specialists Inc, Jacksonville, FL, Feb. 9, 1977. - Crashed and destroyed, Tenerife-Magdalena, Colombia, Apr. 13, 1977. |
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Source(s): Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Anthony T. Jarvis - Ventura Memorial Flight Association |
Photo Source(s): Lewis Swick via Anthony T. Jarvis - VMFA |
