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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-44/J4F/OA-14 Widgeon
    Latest Model:J4F-2 Widgeon
    Last Military Serial:32976 USN
    Construction Number:1330
    Compressed ID:Grumman J4F-2 sn 32976 USN cn 1330
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a J4F-2.

    20 September 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 32976.

    By 1948

    To Edo Corp.

    The hull was modified.

    May 1948

    First flight.
    First post modification flight.

    From By 1976 to By 1984

    To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, MD.
    View the Location Dossier

    1976

    To Darryl Greenamyer, Ocala, FL.

    By 1988

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    By 1991

    Markings Applied: PETULANT PORPOISE, U.S. NAVY
    Displayed in the markings of NACA, Langley Field, Virginia in 1948.

    11 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    Circa 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At the Pima Museum, Arizona.

    16 October 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, AZ.

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    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 2010 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Pima Air and Space Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Johnny Comstedt
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