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    Airframe Family: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N
    Latest Model:N3N-3
    Last Military Serial:02598 USN
    Construction Number:2598
    Last Civil Registration:N44769
    Latest Owner or Location:Merriam Lowell, Chowchilla, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a N3N-3.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 02598.

    January 1971

    To Lawrence T. Wade JNR., Rolling Fork, MS with new c/r N44769.

    6 January 1972

    Certificate of airworthiness for N44769 (N3N-3, 2598) issued.

    23 September 1985

    To Bartlome Serge, Grass Valley, CA keeping c/r N44769.

    Based at Ranchaero Field, Chico, CA.
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    1 January 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for N44769 (N3N-3, 2598) issued.

    9 October 2010


    Photographer: Jack Snell
    Notes: Photographed at the 2010 Travis Air Museum 2nd Annual Mustang Days Wings and Wheels at the Nut Tree Airport, Vacaville, CA, VCB / KVCB

    9 December 2015

    To Charles W. Gillespie Trustee, Reno, NV keeping c/r N44769.
    Markings added: 24

    17 January 2019

    To unknown owner with c/r N44769.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Reno, NV.

    14 March 2019

    To Reno Aviation Museum, Reno, NV keeping c/r N44769.

    26 December 2019

    To unknown owner with c/r N44769.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Chowchilla, CA.

    12 March 2020

    To Merriam Lowell, Chowchilla, CA keeping c/r N44769.


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

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    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

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    Terry Fletcher

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