Originally US Navy bu 53607, this Avenger was with Cisco Aircraft in California by the early 60s. It was sold to Aerial Applications as N8398H in 1963. Hicks & Lawrence bought it in 1971. On May 20, 1975 during a test flight, the aircraft lost power on take-off and the pilot landed straight ahead in swampland north of Juniper Airport, NB.The pilot walked away, but the aircraft was abandoned until the Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum recovered it in 1996. Rebuilt in Fredericton, NB using parts from two other Avengers, it's painted Forest Protection Limited's C-GFPL that crashed in 2010.