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    Airframe Family: Grumman J2F/OA-12 Duck
    Latest Model:OA-12 Duck
    Last Military Serial:48-0563 USAAF
    Construction Number:32769
    Last Civil Registration:N8563F
    Compressed ID:Grumman OA-12 sn 48-0563 USAAF cn 3...
    Latest Owner or Location:Skyfire Corp, Wilmington, DE

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a J2F-6.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 32769.

    Circa 1948

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 48-0563 as a OA-12.

    Transferred to 10th ARS, AK.

    1948

    Crashed.
    Went down at Chekatna Lake, AK.

    The stripped hulk was left in woods near the lake.

    From 1976 to By 1981

    To Lindley H. Ketch Ketchum, Anchorage, AK.

    1976

    Recovered.
    Removed from the the crash site by chopper.

    1980


    Photographer: SMSGT. Dana Nichols (USAF Retire
    Notes: Photo taken at Lake Hood, AK

    1980


    Photographer: SMSGT. Dana Nichols (USAF Retire
    Notes: Photo taken at Lake Hood, AK

    1980


    Photographer: SMSGT. Dana Nichols (USAF Retire
    Notes: Photo taken at Lake Hood, AK

    From 1981 to By 1993

    Assigned civil registration: N4222U

    30 April 1981

    To Lindley H. Ketchum, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N8563F (J2F6, 32769).

    1993

    Assigned civil registration: N8563F

    Long-term airworthy restoration at Lake Hood, AK.

    By 1993

    Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, Anchorage-Lake Hood.

    Restoration started.
    Displayed during the restoration.

    By 2001

    Restoration completed.
    Markings Applied: 8563
    Finished as a USAF Rescue bird.

    4 August 2005


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Anchorage, AK.

    4 August 2005


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Anchorage, AK.

    19 June 2007

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL8563F (J2F6, 32769) issued.

    2007

    First post-restoration Flight.
    Flown at Lake Hood, AK, off the water.

    By May 2008

    To Alaska Aviation Museum, Lake Hood, Anchorage, AK.
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    2008

    Involved in an incident.
    Minor damage during landing at Achorage, AK.

    22 June 2009

    To unknown owner with c/r N8563F.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Wilmington, DE.

    22 March 2013

    To Skyfire Corp, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N8563F.

    7 March 2018

    Civil registration, N8563F, cancelled.
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     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
     AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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