Struck off charge in April 1942. The RCAF operated 15 Canadian built Grumman G-23s, bought to keep the CCF production line ticking over until Hurricane production began. The CCF production line and the "sale" of 40 aircraft to Turkey were a ruse to get around an embargo on the supply of weapons to Republican Spain. Photo from: Library and Archives Canada

Fake markings. Is ex N2803J and Nicaragua Air Force GN-3

Grumman G-23 preserved wearing the fake markings of a US Navy FF-1. It is in fact ex Nicaragua Air Force GN-3, delivered in the late 1930s. It was withdrawn from service in 1942 and ended up in a scrap yard. Rescued from there in 1962 by J.R. Sirmons and flown to the USA in 1966 as N2803J. Acquired by Grumman who restored it as seen here and donated it to the then US Naval Aviation Museum at Pensacola.

Grumman G-23 biplane fighter supplied to Nicaragua in the 1930s as GN-3. Recovered from a local scrapyard postwar and restored as N2803J and falsely marked as a US Navy model FF-1 serial "9351" for display in the NMNA.