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    Airframe Family: Grumman S2F/S-2/C-121 Tracker / TF/C-1 Trader / WF/E-1 Tracer
    Latest Model:S-2A Tracker
    Last Military Serial:4146 JMSDF
    Construction Number:G-89-654
    Compressed ID:Grumman S-2A sn 4146 JMSDF cn G-89-...
    Latest Owner or Location:California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, Hemet Ryan Airport, Hemet, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a S2F-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 136745.

    1962

    Redesignated as S-2A.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Japanese Marine Self Defence Force with s/n 4146.

    October 1983

    Transported by ship.
    Arrived at Long Beach, CA, by ship from Japan.

    November 1983

    Spotted in storage at Compton, CA.

    7 October 1984


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: 1984 photo at Hemet Valley

    From By 1986 to By 1996

    To Hemet Valley Flying Service, Hemet, CA.

    From By 1986 to By 1999

    Transferred to storaged at Hemet, CA. Used for spares recovery. Stored unconvered.

    By April 1992

    To California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, Hemet Ryan Airport, Hemet, CA.
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    Circa October 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: Photographed at Hemet California, was 136745, to Japan as 4146.

    Operated as fire service #70.

    2008


    Photographer: Andy West

    27 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At Hemet Valley Airport, California
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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