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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:152820 USN
    Construction Number:G-121-289C
    Last Civil Registration:N424DF {3}
    Compressed ID:Marsh S-2F3AT sn 152820 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 152820.

    1962

    Redesignated as S-2E.

    15 September 1975

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 1S0570.

    From 21 August 1996 to By 1998

    To USDA/US Forest Service, Mather, CA with new c/r N519DF.

    April 1997

    Stored unconverted in a contractor yard at Davis Monthan AFB, AZ.

    August 1998

    Civil registration, N519DF, cancelled.

    Contracted to Marsh Aviation Company, Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ for work on the airframe.
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    Circa May 1999

    Converted to a S-2F3AT by Marsh.
    New construction number, 0341-024, assigned to the airframe.

    30 August 2001

    To USDA/US Forest Service/CDF, Mather, CA with new c/r N424DF {3}.

    28 March 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR424DF {3} (S-2F3AT, 152820) issued.

    To USDA/US Forest Service/CDF, McClellan, CA.

    Based at California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
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    28 June 2007

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR424DF {3} (S-2F3AT, 152820) issued.

    By 4 September 2011

    Operated as fire service #83 with markings: CAL FIRE

    4 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Parked on the ramp at Fresno, CA.

    30 May 2015


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed on the CDF ramp at the former McClellan AFB, Sacramento, California.

    21 May 2016


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Columbia Airport in California.

    21 May 2016


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Columbia Airport in California.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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