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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-21/JRF/OA-9/OA-13 Goose
    Latest Model:JRF-5 Goose
    Last Military Serial:110 FAHo
    Construction Number:B-049
    Last Civil Registration:VH-GWH
    Latest Owner or Location:Sydney Bankstown Airport, Sydney, New South Wales

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a JRF-5.

    1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 37796.

    1 April 1944

    To British Air Commission, Washington, DC.

    1 April 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n FP471 as a Goose I.
    Fleet Air Arm.

    30 April 1944

    Ferry flight.
    Delivered Roosevelt Field, NY to Nassau, Bahamas.

    New serial number assigned: FP342 RN

    February 1946

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 66361 as a JRF-6B.

    3 April 1946

    Ferry flight.
    Ferried Nassau to Miami for USN reconditioning.

    April 1946

    Converted to a JRF-5.

    31 August 1946

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    October 1946

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Hondurena with s/n 110.

    18 June 1951

    To Marrs Aircraft, Fort Lauderdale, FL with new c/r N3945C.

    January 1952

    Overhauled, Tecucogalpa, Honduras.

    May 1952

    Further work by Marrs Aircraft, Fort Lauderdale.

    21 May 1952

    Certificate of airworthiness for N3945C issued.

    25 May 1970

    To International Telephone and Telegraph Corp/IT and T Inc, New York, NY with new c/r N755G.

    26 September 1980

    To International Paper Co, New York, NY keeping c/r N755G.

    15 March 1982

    To Muriel H. Weyerhauser, Chesterfield, MO keeping c/r N755G.

    22 March 1982

    Civil registration, N755G, cancelled.
    Sold to Canada.

    May 1982

    To Air Park Aviation Ltd, Lac du Bonnet, MB with new c/r C-GRCZ.

    May 1983

    To Green Airways, Red Lake, ON keeping c/r C-GRCZ.

    19 July 1983

    To Keyamawun Lodge, Red Lake, ON keeping c/r C-GRCZ.

    17 May 1985

    Damaged.
    Damaged when right gear collapsed while landing Red Lake.

    10 April 1990


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    2 September 1990

    To Greenhill Charles, Northbrook, IL with new c/r N121GL.

    9 October 1990

    Certificate of airworthiness for N121GL (G-21A, B-49) issued.

    Circa 1993


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At EAA Oshkosh.

    30 March 1993


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    21 April 1993


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Lakeland, FL.

    5 March 1994

    To Jerry Holmes/Inland Marine South Corp, Chattanooga, TN keeping c/r N121GL.

    December 1997

    To Gerald Holmes and Associates, Chattanooga, TN keeping c/r N121GL.

    22 May 1998

    To S. C. Johnson and Son Inc, Racine, WI keeping c/r N121GL.

    From 30 September 1999 to 2007

    To Charles B. Smith, Rye, NH keeping c/r N121GL.

    From 2000 to 2001

    National Fisheries Science Centre, Plymouth, ME.

    From 16 March 2007 to 2012

    To Joel W. Thompson, Mooresville, NC keeping c/r N121GL.

    October 2007

    Ferry flight.
    Flown to Biggin Hill, England.

    9 June 2008

    Ferry flight.
    Departed North Weald for Australia.

    27 October 2008

    Ferry flight.
    Arrived Sydney-Bankstown, Australia and placed in storage.

    1 January 2009

    Certificate of airworthiness for N121GL (G-21A, B-49) issued.

    From 2011 to 2012

    To Geoff Hunt, Darwin, Northern Territory keeping c/r N121GL.

    2012

    Restored.
    Restoration at Bankstown completed.

    7 December 2012

    To Geoff Hunt/Hunt Aerospace/Air Frontier Pty Ltd, Darwin, NT with new c/r VH-GWH.

    To Sydney Bankstown Airport, Sydney, New South Wales.
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    Circa 7 December 2012

    Certificate of airworthiness for VH-GWH (G-21A, B-49) issued.

    23 March 2014


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Parked at Bankstown Airport, NSW, Australia (next to Catalina VH-CAT ) - no visible registration


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Internet Sources
    Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger

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