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S/N 1165
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Manufactured in January 1943 JRF-6B Bu0221
to RN FAA as BW818 ntu, FP515 delivered to Trinidad
to U.S. Navy as Bu66332 Mk. 1A
U.S. Navy Surplus 1945
Ellis Air Lines - Ketchikan, AK 1948-1962
Alaska Coastal Ellis Airlines - Ketchikan, AK 1962-1968
Alaska Airlines - Seattle, WA 1968-1972
Antilles Air Boats - U.S.V.I 1973-1981
AAB ceased operations 1981 - stored at A. Hamilton Airport - St. Croix
Relocated to Ft. Lauderdale 1982 (photo above -Keith Sowter)
David Bettencourt - Honolulu, HI (aviation attorney re-added registration July 1984)
Roland N. Duke - Costa Mesa, CA 1988-1992
Charles Glen Hyde - Roanoke, TX 1992-1999
Flight Data Inc. - Carson City, NV 1999-2010
Brett R. Mayes - Williams, CA 2010-2021
Southern Cross Aviation, LLC - Torrance, CA 2021-
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photo credit Tom Anusewicz
photo credit Tom Anusewicz
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phot credit Air Photographic International
photo from the Bodding Cpllection
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photographed at Chalks International maintenance base at Ft. Lauderdale, Florida in November 1982
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Capt. Ed Hanley
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