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    Airframe Family: Noorduyn Norseman
    Latest Model:JA-1 Norseman
    Last Military Serial:57994 USN
    Construction Number:399
    Last Civil Registration:N61352
    Latest Owner or Location:Walter A. Wood, New York, NY

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as an UC-64A-ND by Noorduyn at Montreal, QC, Canada.
    NOORDUYN UC-64A 399

    20 March 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-7208.

    25 March 1944

    Transferred to 4008th Base Unit, Kelly AFB, San Antonio, TX.

    20 August 1944

    Damaged.
    Damaged when ground looped landing at Lake Charles, Louisiana.

    November 1945

    Redesignated as JA-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 57994.

    To Berrys Ajax Hatchery, Quincy, IL with new c/r NC61352.

    31 August 1949

    To Walter A. Wood, New York, NY with new c/r N61352.

    Circa 31 August 1949

    Certificate of airworthiness for N61352 (UC-64A, 399) issued.

    27 July 1951

    Crashed.
    Aircraft departed Seward Glacier, Alaska bound for Yakutat - Disappeared - Pilot and the wife and daughter of New Jersey scientist Walter Wood.

    12 October 1955

    Civil registration, N61352, cancelled.
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