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LOCKHEED PV-2 HARPOON/Bu. 37444

History:
Delivered to United States Navy as Bu. 37444.

• Brought On Charge: N/A
• Struck Off Charge: N/A
• Stored, awaiting disposal, NAS Litchfield Park, AZ, March 27, 1954-1957.

Private Owner, 1957.

• Registered as N7086C.
• Total time on airframe: 808 hours.

Robert L. Larrabee, Seattle-Boeing Field, WA, 1961-1964.

• Converted to fire bomber configuration.
• Fitted with fiberglass belly tank.
• Flew as tanker #D20.
• Operated by Larrabee & Rabinette, Boise, ID, 1962-1963.
• Operated by B & B Flying Service, Wenatchee, WA, 1963.
• Flew as tanker #F62.

Central Aircraft Maintenance/D & D Aero, Rantoul, KS, 1966-1973.

• Flew as tanker #F43, later as #43.

John E. Hamersley, Walker, MO, 1973-1976.
Ralph S. Johnson/RALCO, Cheyenne, WY, 1977-1979.

• Rebuilt with metal belly tank.
• Flew as tanker #43.

Valley Ag Inc, Douglas, AZ, May 8, 1980.

• Dameged when gear collapsed on landing, Philipsburg, PA, May 2, 1980.
• Repaired.

Ralph S. Johnson/RALCO, Cheyenne, WY, 1981-1985.

• Leased by T & G Aviation Inc, Chandler, AZ, 1981-1983
• Flew as tanker #112.

David C. Tallichet/MARC, Chino, CA, 1985-2013.

• Withdrawn from use and placed into the open storage, Chandler, AZ, 1987-2018.
• Marked as tanker #112 with belly retardant tank still installed.

Noted stored derelict and vandalised at Chander, AZ, 2018.

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