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Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon/Bu. 37250

History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 37184.

• Brought On Charge: N/A
• Struck Off Charge: N/A
• Stored, awaiting disposal, NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, January 2, 1954-1957.

Ralph Wingfield, Nogales, AZ, March 28, 1957.

• Registered as N6857C.

Ben Whitney Trading Co, Calexico, CA, April 21, 1958.
Max L. Biegert, Phoenix, AZ, March 29, 1959.
Riverside Aircraft Co, Riverside, CA, October 1959/64.
Rosenbalm Aviation, Medford, OR, April 23, 1965-1966.

• Converted for dry bait spreader application, September 1965.

Dothan Aviation Corp, Dothan, AL, 8.1.66/76.

• Converted to swathemaster spreader, April 1966.

Hugh W. Wheelless, Dothan, AL, March 1, 1979.
Michigan Aerial Applicators, Ann Arbor, MI, June 26, 1979-1980.

• Modified for liquid spraying of grasshoppers in Oregon, 1979.

Aircraft Specialties Inc, Mesa, AZ, March 4, 1980-1983.

• Withdrawn from use and placed in open storage, Mesa, AZ, 1980-1990.

Globe Air Inc, Mesa, AZ, January 20, 1983-1985.
American Aeronautical Foundation, Canoga Park, CA, October 1985-1988.

• Acquired at Globe Air closing down auction at Mesa, AZ, October 24, 1985.

Quarry Products Inc, Richmond, CA, January 13, 1988-1990.
Richard T. Mitchell/Combat Aircraft Museum, Lafayette, LA, November 2, 1990-1998.

• Delivered to Broussard, LA from Mesa, AZ, November 5, 1990.
• Restored to airworthy.
• First flight, October 1991.
• Flew in U.S. Navy scheme as Fat Cat Too.
• Damaged when gear collapsed on landing Lafayette, LA, September 30, 1994-1998.
• Repaired.

St Landry Bank & Trust, Opelousas, LA, November, 10, 1998-2013.

• Withdrawn from use and place in open storage, Lafayette, LA, 2008

Removed from U.S. Civil registry on August 20, 2013.

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