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    Airframe Family: North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco
    Latest Model:OV-10A Bronco
    Last Military Serial:155426 USMC
    Construction Number:305-037
    Last Civil Registration:N97LM {2}
    Compressed ID:North American Rockwell OV-10A sn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fort Worth Veterans Aviation Museum, Fort Worth-Meacham Field, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an OV-10A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 155426.

    1993

    To Bureau, Land Management with new c/r N97LM {2}.

    1999

    To California Department of Forestry, Mather, CA keeping c/r N97LM {2}.

    Circa 1999

    Placed in open storage at Mather, CA, for spares use.

    From Unknown to 2008

    To California Department of Forestry, McClellan, CA keeping c/r N97LM {2}.

    29 September 2003

    To unknown owner with c/r N97LM {2} (OV-10A, 305-66M.37).
    Sale reported to a new owner in n Francisco, CA.

    To Vintage Flying Museum, Fort Worth Meacham Airport/Meacham Field, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
    View the Location Dossier

    2006

    Stored dismantled at McClellan, CA. Still in the USMC color scheme.

    10 July 2013

    Civil registration, N97LM {2}, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in San Francisco, CA.

    Circa 10 July 2013

    Civil registration, N97LM {2}, cancelled.

    From Circa 2013 to Circa 2022

    To Fort Worth Veterans Aviation Museum, Fort Worth-Meacham Field, TX.

    23 July 2015


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Fort Worth Aviation Museum, Meacham Airport, TX.

    30 May 2020


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Fort Worth Aviation Museum.

    26 April 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Fort Worth - Meacham Field, TX, USA
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
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