Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Grumman J2F/OA-12 Duck
    Latest Model:J2F-6 Duck
    Last Military Serial:33594 USN
    Last Civil Registration:N5SF
    Latest Owner or Location:Comanche Warbirds Inc, Houston, TX

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a J2F-6.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 33594.

    Circa 11 September 1973


    Photographer: Charlene Aro

    21 June 2000

    To Chino Warbirds Inc, Houston, TX with new c/r N5SF.

    In the inventory of Comanche Fighters/Tom and Dan Friedkin, Comanche Ranch, Houston, TX.
    View the Location Dossier

    13 March 2002

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL5SF (J2F6, 33594) issued.

    Based at Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 3-MS-l

    13 May 2011


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Chino Airshow commemorating 100 years of Naval Aviation, Chine, CA.

    14 May 2011


    Photographer: Todd Royer
    Notes: 2011 Chino Airshow

    23 April 2012

    To Comanche Warbirds Inc, Houston, TX keeping c/r N5SF.

    3 February 2013

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL5SF (J2F6, 33594) issued.

    23 May 2013


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Exhibited at Planes of Fame Museum, Chino, California
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=11261][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Grumman J2F-6 Duck, s/n 33594 USN, c/r N5SF[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=11261
    Copyright 1993-2024 www.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.