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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-21/JRF/OA-9/OA-13 Goose
    Latest Model:Goose II
    Last Military Serial:386 RCAF
    Construction Number:B-055
    Last Civil Registration:N159F
    Compressed ID:Grumman Goose II sn 386 RCAF cn B-0...
    Latest Owner or Location:Freshwater Adventures Inc, Dillingham, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a JRF-5.

    1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 37802.
    Not TOS, diverted new directly to RCAF via Lend-Lease.

    9 May 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 386 as a Goose II.

    Transferred to 412 Squadron.

    By July 1948

    Transferred to 12th Communication Squadron.

    12 January 1955

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

    12 May 1955

    To Powell River Co Ltd, Vancouver, BC with new c/r CF-HUY.

    5 September 1959

    To Sioux Narrows Airways Ltd, Sioux Narrows, ON keeping c/r CF-HUY.

    13 June 1970

    Damaged.
    Damaged during landing Taltheilei, NWT.

    11 June 1971


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: CF-HUY of Plummers Lodge at Winnipeg in June 1971

    23 June 1972

    To Parsons Airways Northern Ltd, Flin Flan, MAN keeping c/r CF-HUY.

    10 September 1973

    Damaged.
    Badly damaged during water landing at Hatchet Lake, SASK.

    From 27 June 1978 to 28 June 1983

    To Barney E. Lamm, Gimli, MAN, with new c/r C-FHUY.

    By 28 June 1978

    Restored.

    28 June 1978

    Certificate of airworthiness for C-FHUY issued.

    5 August 1983

    To Ontario Central Airlines, Winnipeg, MAN keeping c/r C-FHUY.

    27 June 1984

    To Nunasi-Central Airlines, Winnipeg, MAN keeping c/r C-FHUY.

    1 July 1984


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1984 photo at Winnipeg

    1 July 1987

    To William Ross, Elk Grove, IL with new c/r N7F.

    27 July 1988


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    27 July 1988


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    1990

    To William Ross Enterprises, Incline Village, NV keeping c/r N7F.

    17 April 1990


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    17 April 1990


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    13 July 1990


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1990 photo at Winnipeg

    October 1993

    To Phillip L. Bingman/Fresh Water Adventures Inc, Anchorage and Dillingham AK keeping c/r N7F.

    12 February 1998

    To Lester L. R. Bingman/Fresh Water Adventures Inc, Dillingham, AK keeping c/r N7F.

    16 February 2008

    To Lester L. R. Bingman, Fairbanks, AK keeping c/r N159F.

    21 May 2012

    To Freshwater Adventures Inc, Dillingham, AK keeping c/r N159F.

    2018


    Photographer: Annie Bright
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     Canadian Military Aircraft - Serials and Photographs by J. A. Griffin
    Canadian Warplanes by Harold A. Skaarup
    Internet Sources
     Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Transport Canada
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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