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Grumman US-2B Tracker 136450 NAS Miramar Base Flight, ‘MIRAMAR’ across tailplane and side number 450. February 1974. www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/S-2.html www.forgottenprops.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/s2-tracker-1... Grumman S2F-1 (S-2A) Tracker BuNo 136450 Converted to US-2B. 1970: HEDRON FMFPAC as WZ-9. 1974: NAS Miramar Base Flight as 450. 1975: VX-4 as XF-000. 1975-76: NAS Miramar Base Flight as 450. March 22, 1977: Put into storage at Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) Arizona. Assigned five digit MASDC Process Control Number (PCN): 1S664. March 14, 1984. One of many sold off that year to Allied Aircraft Sales, Tucson AZ. Subsequently scrapped and salvaged.

Rather before her time.
Curtiss T-32C during the 1930s
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Curtiss T-32 Condor II, msn 22, registered NC12354. Crashed 9 June 1934 on a scheduled revenue flight. The aircraft departed Newark Airport at 1600LT bound for Syracuse and Chicago. While overflying the State of New York at an altitude of 2,000 feet, the crew encountered bad weather conditions and the visibility was reduced due to heavy rain falls and clouds. The airplane impacted the slope of Mt. Last Chance located in the Catskills Mountain Range, some 15 km NE of Livingston Manor. Rescuers arrived on the scene two days later and no survivors were found among the burnt wreckage.
Crew: Clyde Holbrook, pilot, John Barron Jr., copilot, Ada Huckeby, stewardess.
Passengers: Harry Pinsley, Harold C. Coppins, William Baxter Bader, William Andrew Cass.

Indeed Gary
Second T-32 built but first delivery to American Airways.
Delivery date was 20 April 1933
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A Douglas - Long Beach-built B-17G (B-17G-50-DL) Flying Fortress, USAAF Ser. No. 44-6430 (c/n 22653). As per the Joe Baugher site: www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1944_1.html

Failed to return from a mission to railway marshalling yards at Maribor, Slovenia, Yugoslavia 7Nov44 (3KIA:4POW:3EVD). The plane was struck by flak just as it started the bomb run. No.1 engine received a direct hit knocking off the propeller. The engine was burning from the fore part with flames extending the length of the nacelle. Shortly after, the plane started to veer back and in towards the rear element which caused considerable confusion. Then, the pilot seemed to start a very slow turn to the right, losing considerable altitude. The fire intensity was growing. The crew began to bail out as the plane exploded and crashed Slovenske Konjice, Slovenia, Yugoslavia