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Airframe Family:	Grumman S2F/S-2/C-121 Tracker / TF/C-1 Trader / WF/E-1 Tracer
Latest Model:	S-2F3AT Turbo Tracker
Last Military Serial:	149268 USN
Construction Number:	G-121-112C
Last Civil Registration:	N432DF {2}
Compressed ID:	Marsh S-2F3AT sn 149268 USN cn G-12...
Latest Owner or Location:	California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, California

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Dates		Event
		Constructed as a S2F-3S.
		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 149268.
		Redesignated as S-2E.
		Assigned to Davis Monthan AFB, Tucson, AZ for storage.
From 22 August 1996 to By 1998		To USDA/US Forest Service/CDF, Mather, CA with new c/r N505DF.
August 1998		Civil registration, N505DF, cancelled.
		Contracted to Marsh Aviation Company, Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ for work on the airframe. View the Location Dossier
April 2000		Converted to a S-2F3AT by Marsh. This was only the 8th Turbo Tracker conversion.
30 August 2000		To USDA Forest Service Fepp, McClellan, CA with new c/r N432DF {2}.
15 June 2001		Photographer: unknown Notes: Taken at old Norton AFB, San Bernardino, California on June 15, 2001 while fighting the Hemlock Fire.
		Based at California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA. View the Location Dossier
By 6 September 2011		Operated as fire service #71 with markings: CAL FIRE
6 September 2011		Photographer: Mike Henniger
6 September 2011		Photographer: Mike Henniger
30 May 2013		Photographer: Terry Fletcher Notes: Fire-fighting, north of Ramona, California
30 May 2013		Photographer: Terry Fletcher Notes: 2013 photograph at Ramona Airport, California

Credits
Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

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Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall

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Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

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Mike Henniger

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