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    Airframe Family: Consolidated PBY/OA-10 Catalina / Canso
    Latest Model:PBV-1A Catalina
    Last Military Serial:11074 RCAF
    Construction Number:CV-397
    Last Civil Registration:N222FT
    Compressed ID:Canadian Vickers PBV-1A sn 11074 RC...
    Latest Owner or Location:John OConner, Aurora, IL/PBY Llc, Wilmington, DE

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a PBV-1A by Canadian Vickers.

    From 5 May 1944 to 7 November 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 11074.

    7 November 1961

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.

    From 1965 to 1970

    To Ontario Central Airlines, Kenora, Ontario, with new c/r CF-OWE.

    26 August 1968


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1968 photo at Winnipeg

    From 1977 to 1983

    To Ilford Riverton Airways, Winnipeg, MB with new c/r C-FOWE.

    1983

    To Northland Outdoors of Canada keeping c/r C-FOWE.

    June 1984

    To Robert J. Franks, Los Angeles, CA with new c/r N691RF.

    September 1985

    To Jonathan Seagull Holdings, Vancouver, BC keeping c/r N691RF.

    30 May 1986

    Damaged.
    Damaged while landing, Plymounth Harbor, UK.

    17 March 1989

    Certificate of airworthiness for N691RF (28-5ACF, 11074) issued.

    March 1989

    To Robert J. Franks, Los Angeles, CA with new c/r N69RF.

    4 June 1990

    To Flying Catalina Corp, Los Angeles, CA keeping c/r N69RF.

    15 May 1999


    Photographer: G. White

    26 May 2000

    To Wilson Edwards, Big Spring, TX, with new c/r N222FT.

    July 2010


    Photographer: Hugh Dodson
    Notes: At Oshkosh in 2010

    29 July 2010


    Photographer: Todd Royer

    Based at Wilson Connie Edwards Ranch, Edwards Lucian Wells Ranch Airport, Big Spring, TX.
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    1 January 2017

    Certificate of airworthiness for N222FT (28-5ACF, 11074) issued.

    23 July 2020

    To John OConner, Aurora, IL/PBY Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N222FT.

    August 2020

    One of two Catalinas and several other warbirds that were shipped from NAS North Island to Hawaii aboard the USS Essex (LHD-2) for the 75th VJ-Day celebrations there, marking the end of WWII for the USA.

    15 May 2021


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Illinois Valley airport, Peru, IL

    15 May 2021


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Illinois Valley airport, Peru, IL

    5 April 2022


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Sticker on the port side of N222FT when visiting Sun n Fun 2022, Lakeland, FL

    29 July 2022


    Photographer: Andrew Shaw
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