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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-14/15/18 / B-34 / C-56 C-60 / PV / R5O
    Latest Model:Ventura GR.V
    Last Military Serial:6433 SAAF
    Construction Number:237-5650
    Last Civil Registration:N137U
    Compressed ID:Lockheed Ventura GR.V sn 6433 SAAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Anoka County Airport, Minneapolis - Saint Paul, Minnesota

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a Ventura GR.V.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 34760.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FP608.

    27 September 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the South African Air Force with s/n 6433.

    4 January 1961

    To Howard Aero Inc with new c/r N127N.

    28 September 1961

    To Natural Gas Pipeline Co of America, Chicago, IL with new c/r N90N.

    10 December 1963

    Civil registration, N90N, cancelled.
    Cancelled.

    18 December 1967

    To United Industries Corp with new c/r N137U.

    Based at Anoka County Airport, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN.
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    2 July 2006


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Anoka County, MN, U.S.A.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     The Lockheed Twins (ISBN 0-85130-284-X) by Peter J. Marson
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    Euro Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Mike Henniger
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