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E-1B Tracer BuNo 147211 VAW-111 ‘Hunters’. Unit shore code RR. Side number 011. From USS Hornet January 1970. www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/E-1B.html Grumman WF-2 (E-1B) Tracer BuNo 147211 …………………………………….. 1976-77: RVAW-110 as NM-011. June 25,1977: Put into storage at Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) Arizona. Assigned five digit MASDC Process Control Number (PCN): 1E057. May 29, 1978: Struck off charge. Nov. 9, 1981: Sold off as surplus to Consolidated Aero Corp which became United Aeronautical Corporation, Tucson, AZ. Last noted Aug 2002. Belatedly salvaged.

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Based on the bow planes and masts, I'm almost certain this is the E-1, which participated in a fleet review in the North River before Secretary of the Navy George von L. Meyer on the date this photo was taken. I'm guessing the other photos in this series were taken at the same fleet review. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_E-1_(SS-24)

Thanks! We'll include a "probably" in the new subject note, but your guess makes sense to us, too, after looking at the related photos and your Wikipedia citation.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Submarinos/Submarines/UBOOT, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

E-1 and -2 appear in this list of ships from the 1912 review: www.geocities.com/scs028a/1912List.html

Grumman E-1B (WF-2) Tracer airborne early warning (AEW) aircraft (note thin vertical radome pylon on top of the fuselage).