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    Airframe Family: Consolidated B-24/C-87/C-109 Liberator / PB4Y/P-4 Privateer
    Latest Model:PB4Y-2 Privateer
    Last Military Serial:59876 USCG
    Last Civil Registration:N6813D
    Latest Owner or Location:Yankee Air Museum, Detroit Willow Run Airport (YIP) (East Side), Ypsilanti, Michigan

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a PB4Y-2.

    From 27 April 1945 to January 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 59876.

    January 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 59876.


    Photographer: Mark Aldrich Collection
    Notes: Consolidated P4Y-2G, 59876, USCG, N6319D,at Dallas Love Field,TX. in 1957

    27 December 1957

    To Lysdale Flying Service, Saint. Paul, MN with new c/r N6319D.

    By January 1958

    To Cisco Aircraft, Lancaster, CA with new c/r N6813D.

    June 1961


    Photographer: Geoff Goodall
    Notes: CISCO Consolidated PB4Y-2G Privateer N6813D at Mojave CA in June 1961 with spray bars.

    5 July 1962

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR6813D (P4Y-2, 59876) issued.

    February 1965

    To Loening Air Inc, Boise, ID, keeping c/r N6813D.

    By April 1967

    To Cal-Nat Airways, Grass Valley, CA keeping c/r N6813D.

    Circa November 1969

    To Hawkins and Powers, Greybull, WY keeping c/r N6813D.

    9 August 1975

    Crashed.
    Summary: The airframe was written off. There were 1,482 hours on the airframe at the time. The ferrying/positioning flight departed Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC/PANC), United States of America and was destined for Ketchikan International Airport, AK (KTN/PAKT), United States of America. The accident occurred at Port Hardy Airport, BC (YZT) (Canada) while landing. Narrative: During 1975, the aircraft was under contract to the US Department of the Interior and based at Anchorage, Alaska...
    For a complete description of the event read the Aviation Safety Network Report.

    From By 1976 to Circa 1981

    To Canadian Museum of Flight and Transportation, Richmond, BC.
    However the Museum was unable to transport the aircraft to Richmond and the aircraft stayed at Port Hardy for six years where it was heavily vandalised, before under pressure from the airport, the aircraft was cut into 11 pieces for transportation to Detroit.

    1986

    To Yankee Air Force, Belleville, MI.

    1986

    To Yankee Air Museum, Detroit Willow Run Airport (YIP) (East Side), Ypsilanti, MI.
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    19 July 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Yankee Air Force Museum in Yipsilanti, Michigan.

    19 July 1995


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Yankee Air Force Museum in Yipsilanti, Michigan.

    August 1999


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Yankee Air Museum, Willow Run Airport, MI

    8 August 2008


    Photographer: Mark Pasqualino
    Notes: At Detroit Willow Run

    13 February 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N6813D.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma City, OK.

    11 December 2013


    Photographer: Kenneth Smith


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    Warbird Registry by Scott Rose

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    Terry Fletcher
    Lance Kuhn

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