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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-21/JRF/OA-9/OA-13 Goose
    Latest Model:JRF-1 Goose
    Last Military Serial:941 RCAF
    Construction Number:1061
    Last Civil Registration:N48550
    Compressed ID:Grumman JRF-1 sn 941 RCAF cn 1061 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:USS Alabama Battleship Foundation Inc, Mobile, AL

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    Dates

    Event

    1939

    Constructed as a JRF-1.

    29 January 1940

    To J. P. Bickell, Toronto with new c/r CF-BQE.
    Donated to RCAF.

    From 1 November 1940 to 5 January 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 941.

    From 1945 to 1960

    To Alaska Coastal Airlines, Juneau AK with new c/r NC48550.

    1 April 1962

    To Alaska Coastal Ellis Airlines, Juneau AK with new c/r N48550.

    1966

    To Alaska Coastal Airlines, Juneau AK keeping c/r N48550.

    14 September 1968


    Photographer: Neil Aird
    Notes: At Juneau, Alaska

    1969

    To Alaska Airlines, Seattle WA keeping c/r N48550.

    From 1970 to 1981

    To Antilles Air Boats, Saint Croix USVI keeping c/r N48550.

    July 1988

    To Teupel Holly Farms Inc, Portland OR with new c/r N21LT.

    25 July 1988

    To Larry Teufel/Teufel Holly Farms Inc, Portland, OR with new c/r N48550.

    15 May 1996

    Certificate of airworthiness for N48550 (G-21A, 1061) issued.

    21 January 1998

    To Teupel Holly Farms Inc, Portland, OR keeping c/r N48550.

    14 September 2009

    To Strange Bird Inc, West Palm Beach, FL/Jimmy Buffett keeping c/r N48550.

    6 December 2012

    To Strange Bird Inc, West Palm Beach, FL keeping c/r N48550.

    1 January 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for N48550 (G-21A, 1061) issued.

    Circa 1 January 2015

    To Teufel Holly Farms Inc, Portland, OR keeping c/r N48550.

    23 July 2015

    To Strange Bird Inc, West Palm Beach, FL keeping c/r N48550.

    13 November 2021

    To unknown owner with c/r N48550.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Mobile, AL.

    21 April 2022

    To USS Alabama Battleship Foundation Inc, Mobile, AL keeping c/r N48550.
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