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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-21/JRF/OA-9/OA-13 Goose
    Latest Model:JRF-1 Goose
    Last Military Serial:87734 USN
    Construction Number:B-128
    Last Civil Registration:N6DF
    Compressed ID:Grumman JRF-1 sn 87734 USN cn B-128...
    Latest Owner or Location:Roy W. Mabee, Ketchikan, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    1 January 1945

    Constructed as a JRF-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 87734.

    From 1961 to 1972

    To Hudsons Bay Co, Winnipeg MAN with new c/r CF-HBC.

    April 1972


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: CF-HBC at Winnipeg in April 1972 - The Hudsons Bay Company operated this ex- US Navy Grumman Goose along with DC-3 CF-ETE and Beaver CF-GQW on northern re-supply duties. Exported to the USA in 1974/75 and in 2015 current in Alaska as N6DF

    To unknown owner with c/r N89U.

    July 1974

    To Arthur Hewser with new c/r N88007.

    28 October 1977

    Certificate of airworthiness for N6DF (G-21A, B-128) issued.

    1978

    To Peyton Hawes, Portland OR keeping c/r N88007.

    From 1981 to 1986

    To Airpac Inc, Dutch Harbor, AK keeping c/r N88007.

    August 1989


    Photographer: Peter Garwood
    Notes: In August 89 this Goose was stored in a far corner of Anchorage Airport.

    25 July 1991

    To Roy W. Mabee, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N6DF.

    16 July 1997

    To Roy W. Mabee, Anchorage, AK keeping c/r N6DF.

    4 January 2011

    To Roy W. Mabee, Ketchikan, AK keeping c/r N6DF.
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