INDEX OF PRESERVED AIRCRAFT TYPES USED BY THE FAA

Grumman JRF Goose

Type

Total Number 2000

FAA notes 1999-2000

Threat Status 1999-2000

Changes
1999-2000

Grumman Goose

78 (+?) total
68 airworthy examples and at least 8 preserved static examples and 2+ wrecks

estimated to be at least 68 operational Goose's extant

At least 4 known Fleet Air Arm aircraft are preserved or airworthy

After the war many FAA Goose were returned to the USN - numbered C/n 0181B-0230B (Bu No: 66325-66361)

The 4 known former Fleet Air Arm aircraft include:
N95467 (No 1161) FP511
N74588 S/N: 1165/0221B FP515
N121GL S/N: B-49 Bu 37796 FP472
VH-MBAS/N: 1164/0220B operated by Palau Paridise air FP514

Research is needed to identify if other former Royal Navy aircraft survive in the US.

2 destroyed in 1999, and a total of 10 destroyed or crashed 1980-2000

3 under restoration to airworthy condition

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Grumman Goose
Status	Civil Registration Nunber	Serial Number s/n	Type	Markings	Owner/Operator	Condition/Notes
	N93GS CF-FEM, CF-BAE	S/N: B-76 USN Bu No: #37823 RCAF 392	JRF	See Goose Central website photo	Caribbean Clipper/ Isle of Islay, Argyll (UK) Current Owners. Ex Classic Wings, Inc.(USA), U.S. Navy as #37823/ August 1944. Transfer to RCAF August 1944	Airworthy
	N16913 NC16913 LV-AFP LV-FTD	S/N: 1004	G-21	See Goose Central info	CW Deeds (USA) Manufactured in September 1937 as G-21	Airworthy
	N327	S/N: 1051	G-21	See Goose Central website photos and info about its aviation career	Bob Redner/ Detroit, Michigan (USA) Spring 2000 Ex Government of Chile, Ex Catalina Airlines, Ex Kodiak Western Airlines 1982, "Cutter's Goose" from "Tales of the Gold Monkey" TV Show 1982-1983, Chrysler Air/ Seattle Seaplanes 1990's, Cliff Laurence, Thomas McDonald/ Clermont, Fl. 1998	Airworthy
	N328 Registration Pending/ Miami, Fl. 2000	S/N: 1053 Blt 1939	G-21		Dean H. Franklin Aviation Enterprises Fort Lauderdale, Fl (USA)	Airworthy
	N66QA	S/N: 1054	G-21		Waterlines Ltd., Wilmington, De (USA)	Airworthy
	N39FG	S/N: 1059	G-21		Devcon Construction, Tualaton, Or. (USA)	Airworthy
	N48550	S/N: 1061	G-21	See Goose Central website photo	Teufel Holly Farms, Portland, Or.(USA) Ex Alaska Coastal, Alaska Coastal-Ellis, Antilles Air Boats Inc., Virgin Islands (USA)	Airworthy
	N12CS	S/N: 1085	G-21		Sold 2000 Oklahoma City, Ok. (USA)	Airworthy
	N332D	S/N: 1109	G-21		Dean H. Franklin Aviation Enterprises, Fort Lauderdale Fl. (USA)	Airworthy
	N3282	S/N: 1110	G-21	See Goose Central website photo	Wilson C. Edwards, Big Spring Tx. (USA) Ex SouthEast Airways	Airworthy
	N9047U	S/N: 1129	G-21		North Coast Aero, Port Townsend, Wa Current Owners (USA)	Airworthy
	N93G	S/N: 1130	G-21	See Goose Central website photos	2 BW, Newport Beach, Ca. Current Owners. 2000 (USA)	Airworthy
	N69263	S/N: 1132	G-21		Baron Aviation, Vichy, Mo. Current Owner (USA)	Airworthy
	N23DF	S/N: 1133	G-21		Dean H. Franklin Aviation Ent., Fort. Lauderdale, Fl. (USA)	Airworthy
	N68157	S/N: 1138	G-21	See Goose Central website photos	Wilson C. Edwards, Big Spring Tx. Current Owners (USA) Ex Alaska Coastal Airlines 1945-1962 Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines 1962-1968 Alaska Airlines 1968-1972 Alaska Island Airlines 1972-1989	Airworthy
	N95468	S/N: 1140	G-21		Pen Air, Anchorage, Alaska (USA)	Airworthy
	N28369	S/N: 1149 Royal Navy: FP499	JRF-6B/G-21		Dean H. Franklin Aviation Ent., Fort. Lauderdale, Fl. (USA) Former Fleet Air Arm Goose FP499 to 749 squadron at Piarco as "W2AC", from December 1942. Returned to USN as Bu633... Ex Alaska Coastal Airlines 1945-1962 Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines 1962-1968 Alaska Airlines 1968-1972	Airworthy
	N5548A	S/N: 1150 Manufactured in July 1942 JRF-6B c/n 0206B U.S. Navy as part of a batch for the Royal Navy in Britain, But instead went to Bolivia.	JRF-6/G-21 Royal Navy FP500		Tropic Bird Holdings, (USA) Destined for Royal Navy but diverted to Bolivia. Ex Antilles Air Boats Inc., Virgin Islands (USA) Early 1970's	Airworthy till destroyed in a crash on 25 March, 1999 with one fatality
	N88821 C-FEFN	S/N: 1157 Bu No 42-106981	G-21		Tongass Historical Society, Ketchikan, Alaska (USA)	Under restoration
	N86640	S/N: 1160	G-21		James B. French, Bakersfield, Ca. Current Owners (USA)	Airworthy
	N95467 (ex Antilles Air Boat "Excalibur 2")	No. 1161 c/n.0217B / Bu no. 66331 Fleet Air Arm No. FP511	JRF-6B	In US military markings Ex "Excalibur 2 N95467" of Antilles Air Boats. See Goose Central website photos	Air Metal Fabricators, Arlington, Wa. Current Owners (USA) Former Fleet Air Arm aircraft FP511 delivered to Royal Navy December 1942, 749 squadron "W2R" at Piarco from March 1943 Ex Antilles Air Boats Inc., Virgin Islands (USA)	Static - displayed. Is former Fleet Air Arm aircraft FP511
	N74588	S/N: 1165/0221B BuNo: 66332 Fleet Air Arm FP515	G-21	See Goose Central website photos	Flight Data Inc., Carson City, Nv Current Owners (USA) since 1999 Manufactured 1943 then U.S. Navy, delivered to Royal Navy January 1943, thence to 749 squadron at Piarco as FP515 "W2AP". Returned to USN as Bu66332 post-war. P.A.D. /Chicago 1945-48, Ellis Airlines, Ketchikan, Alaska, 1948-68, Alaska Airlines 1968-1972 Antilles Air Boats Inc., Virgin Islands (USA) 1972-1980	Airworthy, former Fleet Air Arm aircraft FP515.
	N2038A	S/N: 1167	G-21		Joe G. Marrs, Lake Placid, Fl. (USA)	Airworthy
	N401SJ	S/N: 1168	G-21		Goose Aviation, Princeton, N.J. (USA)	Airworthy
	N291VW	S/N: 1188	G-21	See Goose Central website photo	Tom Danaher, Wichita Falls, Tx. Current Owner (USA)	Airworthy
	N2752A	S/N: B-8	G-21	See Goose Central website photo	Wilson C. Edwards, Big Spring Texas (USA) Ex Ellis Airlines 1945-68, Alaska Airlines 1968-1972, Aleutian Air	Airworthy
	N7211	S/N: B-24	G-21		Connie Edwards, Big Spring, Tx. (USA)	Airworthy
	N7251	S/N: B-28 BuAer No. 37775	G-21	See Goose Central website photo	State of Alaska Ex USN 1943	Airworthy till crashed in 1994 near Haines, Alaska with 2 Fatalities. Wreckage is currently in Ketchikan with parts of it being used in the restoration of N88821 S/N 1157
	N3283	S/N: B-29	G-21		David Cushner, Opa Locka, Fl (USA)	Airworthy
	N1019N	S/N: B-30 Bu No. 37777	JRF-5	See Goose Central website photos	Laurie Yonge Jr./Oklawaha, Fl. (USA) Manufactured In Dec 1943 U.S. Navy till 1945, Ex Tony Schwamm Seattle, Wa. Ellis Airlines/ Ketchikan, Alaska 1962 Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines, 1968 Alaska Airlines 1972 Coast Air, Ketchikan, Alaska, 1975 Laurie Yonge Jr., Oklawaha, Fl. (USA)	Airworthy
	N9750Z N4945V, CF-IEC, CF-MSK	S/N: B-32 BU no. 37779	G-21See photo		Dr. Loel Fenwick, Idaho (USA) since 1991. Ex Museum of Flight, Seattle Wa. (USA) 1990-1991 Manufactured in December 1943. Ex U.S. Navy. Ontario Central Airlines, Kenora 1955, Pacific Western Airlines Leased from Griffco,Seattle. Fatal Crash 10 March, 1966 Portland Canal, Alaska offshore of Pin Point. Six killed, only the pilot survived. Sold to Griffco, of Seattle and repaired in July 1967. Webber Air, Ketchikan, Alaska 1968-1978, Southeast Skyways, Juneau, Alaska 1976-1977	Airworthy
	N1048V	S/N: B-46	G-21		Aero Accessories Inc, Gibsonville, NC (USA)	Airworthy
	N7281	S/N: B-47	G-21		Roy. W. Mabee, Anchorage, Alaska (USA)	Airworthy
	N121GL N3945C N775G	S/N: B-49 Bu 37796 Fleet Air Arm FP472	Mk I/JRF-5	See Goose Central website photos	Charles Smith, Rye, NH (USA) operating for National Fisheries Science Center in Plymouth, Maine. since 1999 Manufactured in March 1944 JRF-5 delivered to Royal Navy as FP472 Mk I in April 1944. U.S. Navy, Honduras Air Force S.C. Johnson and Sons, Racine, Wi. (USA)	Airworthy, former Fleet Air Arm aircraft FP472
	N42GL N4773C, N37487)	S/N: B-52	G-21		Charles Greenhill, Mettawa, IL. (USA) Former Alaska Coastal Airlines, Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines 1962-1968, Alaska Airlines 1968-1972, Channel Flying, Bill Dasilva 1993, Charles Greenhill since 1994	Airworthy
	N3284	S/N: B-53	G-21		2000 Sale reported - Miami, Fl. (USA)	Airworthy
	N7F	S/N: B-55	G-21	Marked "N7F". See Freshwater Adventures website photo. Also see Goose Central website photos	Lester Bingman (USA) Fresh Water Adventures Inc, Dillingham, Alaska (USA)	Airworthy
	N778	S/N: B-56	G-21	See Goose Central website photo	Robert Williams, Missoula, Mt (USA) Current Owner 2000	Airworthy
	N77AQ TF-ISR, ZK-ERX	S/N: B-62/1205 USN: BuNo: 37809	G-21	See Goose Central website photo	Aero Air, Hillsboro, Or. (USA) Manufactured in May 1944 Ex Flugfelag (Iceland) 1947, ZK-ERX Sea Bee Air (New Zealand) 1980, AeroQuest (USA) till 1990.	Airworthy
	N324	S/N: B-66	G-21	See Goose Central website photo	Sale reported - Roanoke, Tx. 2000 (USA)	Airworthy
	N888GG	S/N: B-70	G-21	See Goose Central website photo	Ronald J. Rivett, Aberdeen, S.D. (USA)	Airworthy
	N86MT CC-CTG	C/N: B-72 S/N 1240 U.S. Navy Bu no. 37819	JRF-5/G-21G	Once named "The Aleutian Goose" See Goose Central website photo	Terry and Terri Smith, Alaska (USA) Mckinnon no.1240. Manufactured in July 1944 as JRF-5. U.S. Navy. Sold as Surplus 1945, then to U.S. Fish and Game Dept.	Airworthy
	N322	S/N: B-73	G-21		"Connie" Edwards, Big Spring, Tx. (USA)	Airworthy
	N2579B	BS/N: B-74	G-21		Worldwide Aviation Distributors Inc., Miami, Fl. (USA)	Airworthy
	N703	S/N: B-81 Bu No 37828	JRF-5	Marked in 1942-1943 two-tone Navy scheme (blue and grey) with appropriate Attu invasion recognition panels. See Goose Hanger website photo	John W. Pletcher, Anchorage Alaska (USA) Former US Marine Corps Sept 1944-March 1946 at M.C.A.S., Santa Barbara, California (USA). Then USN till 1954. Then US Fish and Wildlife Service.	Airworthy
	N4763C	S/N: B-86	G-21	See Goose Central website photo	Lester Bingman, Fresh Water Adventures Inc, Dillingham, Alaska (USA) For sale 2000, Contact Phillip Bingman at freshh20@fresh-h20.com Ex Cormack Aircraft Service Ltd (UK) 1992	Airworthy
	N79144	S/N: B88	G-21		Dean Franklin/ Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.	Airworthy
	N741 N3903B	S/N: B97	G-21	See Goose Central website photo	Peninsula Airways(Pen Air), Anchoage, Alaska (USA)	Airworthy
	N600ZE	S/N: B-100	G-21	See Goose Central website photo	William R. Rose/ S. Barrington, IL. Current owner (USA)	Airworthy
	N3116T N19DF ZK-DFC	S/N: B-104	G-21	See Goose Central website photo	Intercom Developments/ Boca Raton, Fl. (USA) Ex Mt. Cook Airlines in New Zealand 1972, SeaBee Air 1976, Great Barrier Airlines till 1990.	Airworthy till crashed. 16 December, 1992 when it hit a reef and sank off Grand Cacos Island (Caribbean).
	N2845D	S/N: B-112	G-21	See Goose Central website photos	Red Dodge, Anchorage, Alaska. (USA) Ex Kodiak Airways 1982. Original "Cutter's Goose" from "Tales Of The Gold Monkey". Western Alaska Airlines in Dillingham, Alaska bought N2845D in 1958	Crashed on way to Hollywood on route from Anchorage, Alaska, 1982.
	N641	S/N: B-115	G-21		Pen Air, Anchorage, Alaskan (USA)	Airworthy
	N4575C	S/N: B120	G-21A	See photo in Goose Central website	Aero Float G21A Inc/ Wilmington, Delaware, (USA) Current Owners	Airworthy
	N781	S/N: B-122	G-21	See photo in Goose Central website	Pen Air, Anchorage, Alaska (USA)	Airworthy
	N640	S/N: B123	G-21		Teufel Nursery Inc. , Portland, Or.(USA)	Airworthy
	N87U	S/N: B126	G-21		Blue Goose Ent, Las Vegas, Nv. (USA)	Airworthy
	N6DF	S/N: B128	G-21		Roy W. Mabee, Anchorage, Alaska (USA)	Airworthy
	N21A N101, N121 N5096K, CF-INF	S/N: B129	JRF-5	Marked "Goose Lake Airways"	Tuthill Corperation/ Hinsdale, IL. since 1998 (USA)	Airworthy
	N644R	S/N: B130 Bu 87736	JRF-5	See Goose Central website photo	US National Park Service Museum, Floyd Bennett Field, New York (USA) Manufactured in June 1945 JRF-5	Static
	N660PA N16484, N779, N501M McKinnon #1203 CF-BCI	S/N: B-138	G-21C/G-21G	See Goose Central website history and photo	Pen Air, Anchorage, Alaska (USA) Ex U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ex B.C. Dept. of Highways, Crown Forest Products, 1985	Airworthy till crashed in the sea near Unalaska in 1996 with 2 fatalities, only a few parts were recovered.
	N22932	S/N: B-139	G-21	In Penn air livery. See Goose Central Website photo	Pen Air, Anchorage, Alaska (USA)	Airworthy
	N329	S/N: B-140	G-21	See Goose Central website photo	Richard Probert, Aero Technology, Long Beach, Ca. (USA)	Airworthy - being restored 2000
	N2003	S/N: B-141	G-21		Dean Franklin, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl. (USA)	Airworthy
	N9074N	S/N: B-142	G-21		North Coast Aero, Port Townsend, Wa. (USA)	Airworthy
	N720	S/N: B-144	G-21	See info and photo of wrecked site	U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USA) Unprotected wreck Brook Mt Range, Alaska Was second to last Goose manufactured.	Wreck Crashed August 30, 1958 Brooks Mt. Range, Ak. Wreck discoverd 1979.
	N12681	Bu No: 34089 Blt: 1946	JRF-5		Dean H Franklin Aviation Enterprises inc, Miami (USA) Ex Worldwide Aviation Distributors Inc, Miami (USA)	Airworthy
	CF-AWH	S/N: 1083	G-21		Air B.C. Ltd (Canada) Manufactured 1940	Airworthy till destroyed 1989
	C-FVFU N62899	S/N: B 101 Bu no. 84806 Blt 1944	Grumman G21A	See FI website photo	Forest Industries Flying Tankers Limited, Port Alberni, BC (Canada)	Airworthy
	C-FHUZ	S/N: B 83 Blt: 1944	Grumman G21-A	Marked with company colours and "Pacific Coastal". See PCA website photo	Pacific Coastal Airlines Ltd, Richmond, BC (Canada)	Airworthy
	C-FIOL	S/N: B 107 Blt: 1948	Grumman G21-A	Marked with company colours and "Pacific Coastal". See PCA website photos	Pacific Coastal Airlines Ltd, Richmond, BC (Canada)	Airworthy
	C-FPCK	S/N: 1187 Blt: 1942	Grumman G21-A	Marked with company colours and "Pacific Coastal". See PCA website photo	Pacific Coastal Airlines Ltd, Richmond, BC (Canada)	Airworthy
	C-FUAZ	No: 1077 S/N: B-83 Blt: 1940	Grumman G21-A	Marked with company colours and "Dryad II" and Pacific Coastal"	Pacific Coastal Airlines Ltd, Richmond, BC (Canada)	Airworthy
	C-GDAO N1376V, JA5063, N93010, N143DF, C-FSBS N848HP	S/N: 1153	G-21		Almon Landair Ltd./ Whitehorse B.C. (Canada) Featured in the Arnold Schwarzeneger movie "Commando". Sold to Canada in 1998 as C-GDAO	Airworthy till destroyed in a hangar fire in January of 1999
	C-GDDJ	U.S. Navy Bu No 04357 S/N: 1184 Blt: 1942	Grumman G21-A	See Goose Central website photos	Rodgers Lodge Inc, Spruce Grove, Alberta (Canada) since 1998 Manufactured in September 1942 U.S. Navy, Ellis Airlines 1956-1968, Alaska Airlines 1968- 1972, Coast Air 1972-1977, Kenmore Air 1977-1984, Catalina Airlines April 1984-1985	Airworthy
	C-GHAV	S/N: 1045	G-21		Oakley Air Ltd, (Canada)	Airworthy till crashed May 6, 1991
	C-GYVG	Bu No: S/N: B 117	Grumman G21-A	See Goose Central website photo	Pacific North American Development & Financial Corporation, Vancouver (Canada)	Airworthy
	CF-UMG N643 N643H	S/N: B145 BU no. 87751	JRF-5		Trans Provincial Airlines/ Prince Rupert, B.C. (Canada) Ex Trans Provincial Airlines 1968-1980. This was the very last Goose manufactured (in 1945)	Airworthy till crashed. Still extant. Crashed Prince Rupert 4 Dec, 1993. Withdrawn from use 1995.
	N1944W	S/N: 1342	JRF-4		Hewitt, J, Huntingdon Beach, CA (USA)	Airworthy
	VH-MBA (South Pacific) 2000 (VH-MBA) (N72PR)	S/N: 1164/0220B Fleet Air Arm: FP514	HRF-6B/G-21	See Goose Central website photo	Bob Keys, Palau Paradise Air (Micronesia) Former Fleet Air Arm FP514 delivered to Royal Navy January 1943. 749 squadron Piarco as "W2AN" March -November 1943, and returned to USN postwar as Bu66366. became N95431 Ex Alaska Coastal Airlines 1945-1962 Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines 1962-1968 Alaska Airlines 1968-1972, Kodiak Airways Kodiak Western, Westflight Aviation 1984-1986 (USA)	Airworthy former FAA aircraft FP514
	HS-TPA ZK-ENY /G-21A	S/N: 1145	JRF	See Goose Central website photos	private: Dieter Martin (Germany) Ex Canterbury Planes (NZ), exported to Australia in 1989. Later operated in Thailand as HS-TPA, before being sold at auction to D. Martin.	Airworthy - being restored
	C-GHAV	S/N: 1045	G-21		Oakley Air Ltd (Canada) Crashed 6 May, 1991	Crashed 1991
	CF-MPG CF-BFS	S/N: B 77 BU 37824 RCAF 391	Goose II	Marked with RCMP crest and "C-FMPG". See photo. See Goose Central website photo	National Aviation Museum (Canada) Historic aircraft which served with Royal Canadian Air Force in 1944. It was then operated by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from 1946-1994, serving in continuous public use longer than any other Canadian aircraft.	Static
		No V190	JRF-3	Marked "U.S. Coast Guard". See NNAM web photo	National Naval Aviation Museum (USA)	Static
	NC702A YV-VOD, HC-AAM, HC-SBA, N14CS, N702A	No: 1048 Manufactured 1938	G-21		Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, Washington, D.C. (USA) Ex Catalina Airlines in 1977-1982. In December 1982, the aircraft was transferred to Warbirds West. For detailed history of this aircraft see website	Static
	N789	S/N: B-102	G-21	See Grumman Central website photo	Alaska Heritage Aviation Museum/ Anchorage, Alaska (USA)	Static
	N79901	S/N: B63	G-21		Swedish Museum/ Location unknown (Sweden)	Static
	N3116T formerly N19DF (ex ZK-DFC)	S/N: B-104	JRF		Sunk Grand Caicos Island (Caribbean) - salvage rights Dieter Martin (Germany)	Lost under water 16 Dec 1992

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Goose Owners and Operators

FURTHER INFORMATION
Flightline - Preserved US Military Aircraft	This list of US military aircraft preserved and displayed was originally compiled by Ben Marselis with input from many others. Our coverage of airworthy warbirds is very limited, since Ben did not cover them in the original list. We have concentrated on those which are often on display rather than personal projects.
Goose Central	This is THE Grumman Goose website database for all known and lost Goose's.
	Sturtivant, R. & Burrow, M (1995) 'Fleet Air Arm Aircraft 1939 to 1945' Published by Air Britain (Historians) Ltd, 1995 ISBN: 085130 232 7

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