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Constructed as a PBY-5A.
CAC no 0024, Sequence no. T453, Hull # 1966 |
4 October 1944 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 46602. |
6 October 1944 |
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Transferred to Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Elizabeth City, NC. |
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Transferred to Headquarters Squadron 2 (HEDRON-2)/Fleet Air Wing 5. |
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Transferred to Patrol Bombing Squadron 45 (VPB-45). |
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Deployed to Naval Air Facility (NAF) Ipitanga, Brazil, to fly anti-submarine patrols over the Atlantic Ocean as per an agreement between the American and Brazilian governments for Brazil to grant the US Navy access to Brazilian ports and airfields to protect against German U-boats targeting Allied merchant vessels in the South Atlantic. |
By September 1945 |
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Transferred to HEDRON-1/Fleet Air Wing 14. |
Circa January 1946 |
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Transferred to Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia, PA.
For overhaul. |
Circa March 1946 |
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Transferred to Fleet Aviation Electronics Training Unit (FAETU) Pacific. |
November 1946 |
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Transferred to Amphibious Patrol Squadron 5 (VP-AM-5), NAS Whidbey Island, WA.
Deployed to Adak, AK for a period. |
November 1947 |
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Served in a number of aircraft pools in the Pacific Northwest and flew with the Naval Air Reserve in Seattle. |
Circa 1949 |
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Assigned to NAS Litchfield Park, AZ for storage. |
1956 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy. |
Circa 1957 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Secretaria de Marina Armada de Mexico. |
1966 |
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To The Flying Fireman Ltd, Sidney, BC with new c/r CF-FZZ.
Purchased in Mexico City. |
1966 |
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Converted into fire-fighting tanker, mounting larger vertical fin and rudder. |
1966 |
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Operated as fire service #3. |
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Photographer: John Wolsafson
Notes: CF-FFZ at Smithers |
1981 |
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To Flying Fireman Ltd, Sidney, BC with new c/r C-FFFZ. |
1981 |
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Operated as fire service #773. |
17 March 1986 |
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Civil registration, C-FFFZ, cancelled. |
1986 |
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To Connie Edwards, Big Spring, TX with new c/r N4NC {2}.
C/r NTU, not delivered. |
June 1986 |
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To AP Inc, Auburn, CA with new c/r N607CC. |
1987 |
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To National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL keeping c/r N607CC. |
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Placed on display with National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
 View the Location Dossier |
10 November 1990 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at NAS Pensacola Air Show |
10 November 1990 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at NAS Pensacola Air Show |
10 November 1990 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols
Notes: at NAS Pensacola Air Show - note significant deterioration of upper wing surface |
22 September 1994 |
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To National Museum of Naval Aviation, Pensacola, FL keeping c/r N607CC. |
From 1996 to 1999 |
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Restored.
Markings Applied: 45-P-3
Extensive restoration. |
19 August 1999 |
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Civil registration, N607CC, cancelled. |
11 September 2003 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
From 15 September 2004 to 16 September 2004 |
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Damaged.
Sustained extensive damage by Hurricane Ivan; repaired. |
9 November 2007 |
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Photographer: James Eubanks
Notes: On display at the Blue Angels Homecoming airshow at NAS Pensacola FL |
19 April 2010 |
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Photographer: Matt Maranto |
July 2023 |
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Assigned for loan to the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, HI, to honor the memory of Catalina crewmen who flew out of Pearl Harbor during the Second World War. Awaiting financing for shipment. |
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