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Constructed as a PB2Y-3. |
1942 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 7099. |
March 1943 |
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Converted to a PB2Y-3R. |
Circa March 1943 |
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Transferred to Transport Squadron 4 (VR-4), NAS Oakland, CA. |
18 October 1943 |
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Damaged.
Damaged landing in Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL. |
1944 |
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Converted to a PB2Y-5R. |
Circa August 1945 |
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Converted to a PB2Y-5Z.
Outfitted as a flag transport with plush quarters. |
28 August 1945 |
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Departed Saipan. Served as an executive transport taking the staff of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz to Tokyo for the Japanese surrender ceremony on 2nd September 1945. Carried Rear Admiral Forrest B. Sherman (Fleet Admiral Nimitz deputy) to Tokyo Bay for formal surrender ceremonies. |
Circa November 1945 |
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Redesignated as PB2Y-5R. |
From 1946 to 1977 |
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To Hughes Tool Company, Houston, TX with new c/r N69003.
Howard Hughes used this plane for training in preparing to fly his HK-1 flying boat. Was maintained airworthy into the 1960s. |
From 1949 to 1970 |
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Assigned to NAS Terminal Island, Long Beach, CA for storage. |
By 1975 |
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Placed on display with Spruce Goose Memorial, Long Beach, CA.
Displayed outside the memorial building. |
1977 |
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To National Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
Donated by Hughes Tool Company.
 View the Location Dossier |
1977 |
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Transported by ship.
Barged from California through the Panama Canal to Pensacola. |
November 1977 |
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Photographer: Larry Johnson |
15 October 1982 |
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Photographer: Paul Thallon
Notes: 1982 photo at National Naval Aviation Museum, Pensacola, FL of Consolidated PB2Y-5R Coronado - ex Buraeu Number 7099 (Second Series) |
11 November 1990 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols |
1991 |
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Photographer: Wayne Gomes
Notes: Photographed at the USN Naval Museum in Pensacola, FL. |
19 April 2010 |
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Photographer: Matt Maranto
Notes: Previously owned by Hughes Tool Company |
8 October 2011 |
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Photographer: Matt Maranto |
8 October 2011 |
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Photographer: Matt Maranto |
8 October 2012 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
8 October 2012 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
8 October 2012 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
8 October 2012 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
8 October 2012 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
August 2014 |
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Photographer: John Cowan
Notes: The last three remaining crew of the #7099 at a reunion in the museum in Pensacola.Leonard W. Cowan, Navigator: Leonard Braswell, Engineer: Jack Weller, Radioman. All on the flight from Sai Pan to Tokyo. The first US Plane to land in Tokyo Harbor for the signing of the Japanese Peace Treaty. The original Flight Chart is behind these gentlemen. |
August 2014 |
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Photographer: John Cowan
Notes: The Galley of the #7099. |
August 2014 |
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Photographer: John Cowan
Notes: The 1st Navigator sitting at his own desk that he used in August 1945 |
August 2014 |
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Photographer: John Cowan
Notes: The 1st Navigator with his flight chart he made in August 1945, from Sai Pan to Tokyo Bay. Donated to the museum in Pensacola, on this trip in 2014 |
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