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    Airframe Family: Northrop BT-1 / BT-2 / Douglas SBD/A-24
    Latest Model:SBD-4 Dauntless
    Last Military Serial:NZ5021 RNZAF
    Construction Number:2468
    Compressed ID:Douglas SBD-4 sn NZ5021 RNZAF cn 24...
    Latest Owner or Location:Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SBD-4 by Douglas.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 10508.

    1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal New Zealand Air Force with s/n NZ5021.

    From By 1990 to 2001

    To Ross Jowitt, Auckland-Ardmore, NZ.

    Recovered.
    Retrieved from a Pacific Island as a restoration project.

    To USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, CA.
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    By 21 July 2014

    To Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA.
    Under restoration at Castle Air Museum in Atwater, California.
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