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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:37257 USN
    Construction Number:15-1223
    Last Civil Registration:N7255C
    Compressed ID:Lockheed PV-2 sn 37257 USN cn 15-12...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PV-2.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 37257.

    From 30 January 1954 to By 1957

    Assigned to NAS Litchfield Park, AZ for storage.
    Withdrawn from use and placed in storage with Litchfield Park.

    From 1957 to By 1970

    To Master Equipment Co./Ralph S. Johnson, Cheyenne, WY with new c/r N7255C.
    Purchased from disposals.

    Spotted derelict and unconverted at Minneapolis.

    From By 1960 to By 1982

    Stored at Douglas-Bisbee, AZ.

    Circa 1974

    The rear fuselage was used to repair N6856C at Douglas, AZ.

    December 1975

    To Pima County Air Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    29 April 1976

    To Tucson Air Museum Foundation of Pima County, Tucson, AZ with new c/r N7255C.

    30 March 1982

    Transported by ground. Delivered to Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    Stored unrestored for a period of time.

    14 August 1990

    Civil registration, N7255C, cancelled.

    2003

    Restoration started.
    The work was carried out at the Pima museum.

    Fitted with the damaged rear fuse of N6856C.

    Restoration completed.
    Markings Applied: 181E, Navy Minneapolis, 32757
    Finished with rocket rails. Incorrectly marked as 32757.

    9 September 2011


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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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