Aircraft Photo of N101KB | Grumman J4F-2 Widgeon | AirHistory.net #869960
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N101KB
Aircraft Original Type:Grumman G-44 Widgeon
Aircraft Generic Type:Grumman G-44 Widgeon (J4F)
Aircraft Version:Grumman J4F-2 Widgeon
C/n (msn):1375
Location
City / Airport:GulkanaMap
Region / Country:Alaska, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: PAGK   IATA: GKN   Local: GKN   Other: -
 
Photo Date:July 1997
Photo by:David A. Montgomery
Photo ID: 869960
Photo Comment

Built in 1944 for the US Navy as 37745. Diverted to the Royal Navy as J4F-2 Gosling Mk1 FP467, but returned in 1945. Civilianised as NC74630 in 1946 / N74630 in 1949. Crashed in Cuba in 1958. Re-built by 1960. Became N1035L in 1966 with upgraded engines. Moved to Alaska in 1974. Re-registered as N101KB in 1982 to owner Kenneth H. Bunch. While operating as N139F with Freshwater Adventures Inc, crashed in a mountain pass near Dillingham, AK in 1998. Rebuilt again by 2009. Crashed and sank landing on a lake near Dillingham, AK in 2012. Registration cancelled in 2013.

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