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SNJ-4/Bu. 27320
SNJ-4 Bu. 27320
Bureau #: 27320
Construction #: 88-12420
Civil Registration:
  N3171K
  VH-TOA
Model(s):
  SNJ-4
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2022
History:
Delivered to United States Air Force as 51-15105
- BOC: Unknown.
- SOC: Unknown.
Delivered to Fuerza Aerea Brasileira as 1469, circa 1945.
Delivered to Fuerza Aerea Paraguaya as 0133 (later as 0108), 19??.
- Withdrawn from use, open storage Conception AB, Asuncion, 1989.
World Wide Aeronautical Industries, Moorpark, CA, February 9, 1991-1992.
- Purchased at auction, Asuncion, Paraguay.
- Shipped, arrived dismantled, Santa Paula, CA, September 1991.
- Registered as N3171K, September 19, 1991.
James D. Morgan, Aumsville, OR, September 21, 1993-1994.
Robert H. Poynton & Dave Saunders/Western Warbirds, Perth-Jandakot, WA, April 1994.
Sold to Australia, struck-off USCR, June 10, 1994.
Shipped from USA, arrived dismantlled, Jandakot, June 15, 1994.
Guido Zuccoli, Darwin, NT, 1994.
Robert Lee-Guard, Hervey Bay, QLD, 1994-1995.
Norleigh Aviation, Hervey Bay, QLD, June 16, 1995-2000.
- Registered as VH-TOA.
- Trucked Jandakot-Darwin, arrived September 1, 1994 for restoration.
- first flight 1995.
- Flew as "RNZAF NZ1014".
- Damaged on takeoff, Toowoomba, QLD, (rebuilt), January 20, 1996.
Richard V. Smart/Smarts Machinery Pty Ltd, Renmark, SA, September 5, 2000-2008.
Shaun K. Browne/Australian Mineral Economics/Aerial Speed Icons Pty Ltd, Sydney, NSW, November 20, 2008-2022.
- Flown in RNZAF scheme as “RNZAF NZ1014”.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Photo Source(s):
None.

Research Assistance:
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