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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-14/15/18 / B-34 / C-56 C-60 / PV / R5O
    Latest Model:PV-2 Harpoon
    Last Military Serial:37254 USN
    Construction Number:15-1220
    Last Civil Registration:N2PV
    Compressed ID:Lockheed PV-2 sn 37254 USN cn 15-12...
    Latest Owner or Location:Southwest Aviation Inc, Fairacres, NM

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    Dates

    Event

    1945

    Constructed as a PV-2.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 37254.

    To Southwest Aviation, Lac Cruces International Airport/Las Cruces Municipal Airport, Las Cruces, NM.
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    6 September 1983


    Photographer: Bob Trennert Collection
    Notes: Photographed at Chandler, AZ.

    25 March 1985

    Certificate of airworthiness for N2PV (PV-2, 15-1220) issued.

    28 May 1985

    To Southwest Aviation Inc, Fairacres, NM with new c/r N2PV.

    15 July 1998

    To Southwest Aviation Inc, Fairacres, NM with new c/r N2PV.

    7 February 2016


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: A faint serial number appears on the aft fuselage - N7248C.
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