| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N7962C |
| Fleet number: | 126 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Consolidated PB4Y/P4Y Privateer |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Consolidated PB4Y/P4Y Privateer |
| Aircraft Version: | Consolidated PB4Y-2/AT Super Privateer |
| C/n (msn): | [ 59882 ] |
| Operator Titles: | Hawkins & Powers Aviation |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Fairbanks / Fort Wainwright - Ladd Army AirfieldMap |
| Region / Country: | Alaska, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: PAFB IATA: FBK Local: FBK Other: - |
| Photo Date: | July 1990 |
| Photo by: | David A. Montgomery |
| Photo ID: | 682804 |
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On active duty for the Alaska summer wildfire season, at rest at Ladd Army Airfield, Fort Wainwright, Fairbanks as Hawkins & Powers contract fire tanker "126". Built in 1944 for the US Navy as PB4Y-2 Privateer patrol bomber BuNo 59882. Transferred to the US Coast Guard around 1951 as a P4Y-2G. Became N7962C in 1959. Re-engined and further modified and upgraded to the more powerful Super Privateer air tanker configuration around 1974. Grounded for fire-fighting in July 2002 as a result of the structural failure of sister ship N7620C during an air attack. This photo is copyright © David A. Montgomery, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 30 April 2024, and has since been viewed 245 times. |