Delivered to the US Navy as 66313 in 1945. Sold as N3431G in 1959 and used for parts at Greybull, WY. Restored by Hawkins and Powers in 1981/83 using parts from 66304/N2870G which had crashed at Ramona, CA in 1980. After restoration the aircraft adopted the identity of BuNo 66304 and its civil registration N2870G for a ferry flight to Pensacola in 1983.