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    Airframe Family: Grumman S2F/S-2/C-121 Tracker / TF/C-1 Trader / WF/E-1 Tracer
    Latest Model:TS-2A Tracker
    Last Military Serial:133224 USN
    Construction Number:G-89-195
    Last Civil Registration:N443DF
    Latest Owner or Location:Pacific Coast Air Museum, Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a S2F-1.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 133224.

    Converted to a S2F-1T.

    Redesignated as TS-2A.

    From 1974 to By 1998

    To California Department., Forestry, Sacramento, CA with new c/r N443DF.

    From By 1975 to By 1978

    Stored unconvered at Fresno, CA.

    By October 1990

    Operated as fire service #71.

    October 1990


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: Ramona, CA

    By 1993

    Operated by Hemet Valley Flying Service, Hemet, CA.

    By 1994

    Operated by Serv-Air Inc, Rancho Cordova, CA.

    By October 1996

    Operated as fire service #71 with markings: CDF

    Circa October 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: Photographed at Hemet California

    Circa October 1996


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: Photographed at Hemet California

    By 1998

    Operated by San Joaquin Air, Delano, CA.

    Operated as fire service #71.

    Civil registration, N443DF, cancelled.

    17 June 2003

    To USDA Forest Service Fepp, McClellan, CA with new c/r N443DF.

    Operated as fire service #84 with markings: CALFIRE

    Based at California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
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    From By 2005 to By 2006

    Withdrawn from use.
    Retired at McClellan Air Park, CA.

    October 2006

    To Pacific Coast Air Museum, Charles M. Schultz Sonoma County Airport, Santa Rosa, CA.
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    By 13 December 2010

    Markings Applied: CDF, 84

    13 December 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    13 December 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    20 July 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    12 February 2015

    Civil registration, N443DF, cancelled.

    29 September 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Santa Rosa, CA, U.S.A.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Ruud Leeuw.com by Ruud Leeuw
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
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