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    Airframe Family: Grumman S2F/S-2/C-121 Tracker / TF/C-1 Trader / WF/E-1 Tracer
    Latest Model:E-1B Tracer
    Last Military Serial:147212 USN
    Construction Number:G-117-011
    Latest Owner or Location:Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, New York

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a WF-2.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 147212.

    By 1962

    Redesignated as E-1B.

    To Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, NY.
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    By 1990

    Markings Applied: 010, AF
    In the markings of RVAW-110 while erving on board USS Intrepid.

    1 April 1990

    25 August 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    15 September 2003

    11 August 2011


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: Displayed at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York

    December 2012

    2 June 2016


    Photographer: Arjun Sarup

    27 August 2017

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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Robert Nichols
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