This rare machine was left at Chandler when the airport closed in 2007. It gradually deteriorated and became a graffiti billboard before being vandalised and destroyed in a fire.

Any help on the location is appreciated. Date range is an estimate. Photographer unknown

Photographer: Neil Aird.

Delivered to the RAF as Ventura GR.V FP552 and diverted to the South African Air Force as 6409 in 1944. Shipped to the USA in 1959 and converted to Howard 500 c/n 500-111 by 1961 and registered as N456 then N4566, N749G in 1966, N696JB in 1976 and N896JB in 1979. Badly damaged by Hurricane Andrew at Tamiami in 1992. Last noted there in 1993. Probably scrapped.

Built in 1943 as PV-1 33260 for the US Navy but diverted to the Royal Canadian Air Force as serial 2186. It served until August 1950 when it was struck off charge and stored until August 1955 when it returned to the USA as N75384. In 1957 it was converted as a Howard Super Ventura executive transport with the new registration N9060. There is an online photo of it at London Air Port in June 1958 to where it is said to have brought Howard Hughes for a business visit. It subsequently passed through the hands of numerous companies and was last reported stored at Yukon, OK., in 1980.

Delivered to the US Navy as R5O-6 39619. Sold as NC79081 in 1946. Reregistered as N79081 after 1948 then N508S in 1961. Modified to a Howard 250 in 1967. Reregistered N5088 in 1969. Scrapped at Chino in 1993.

Ordered by the US Navy as PV-1 33322 and transferred to the RCAF as Ventura GR Mk.V 2202 in 1943. Sold as N5776N in 1951 and converted to civilitan cofiguration in 1952. Converted to a Spartan Ventura in 1954 then converted to a Howard Super Ventura and reregistered as N507N in 1959. Converted to a Howard 350 in 1966. Impounded for drug running in Oklahoma in 1975. Operated by the US Customs Service from 1976 then preserved at Pensacola from 1978. Airlifted to Fernando Beach by helicopter for restoration in 1986. Damaged beyond repair in transit and broken up for parts.

Built as US Navy 33249, a Ventura that went to the Royal Canadian Air Force with serial 2180. Struck off strength in 1950, the aircraft was stored at Vulcan, AB in November 1951. Sold to Universal Trading Corp in 1954, it was acquired by Dee Howard in 1954 (N1212). Converted to a Super Ventura in 1956, it was a precursor of luxury biz-jets that appeared twenty years later. Pictured when owned by television evangelist Rex Humbard's Cathedral of Tomorrow church, it had been re-registered N4005 in September 1967.

Originally built for the US Navy as Lockheed PV-1 BuNo 34964 it was scheduled for transfer to the the RAF as FP681 but passed to the South African Air Force as 6454 . In 1960 it was acquired by Howard Aero and, following conversation to Howard 500 status, was operated by a number of corporate owners. Its ultimate fate is unknown but it is rumoured to have served for the CIA in support of Nicaraguan rebels during the period of the Iran/Contra scandal. The registration was cancelled in April 2013 due to the expiration of its certificate.

The aircraft had been was impounded at SAT by the US Customs Air Support Unit. From April 1969 to December 1971 the aircraft had been owned by the Sealy Mattress Co. of Ohio, and the significance of the registration was that 593 was Sealy company's PO Box Number, and EW were the initials of Ernest Wuliger, the President and CEO. It was last reported stored in Georgia in 1988 and it was deleted from the US register in April 2013.

Built in 1943 as a USAAF C-60A this aircraft served with the Royal Australian Air Force as A67-5 in WWII and post war was civilianised, firstly as VH-GRB, and later VH- OAS. It returned to the USA in 1953 as N4849V and later carried the registrations N667, N1000S and N101S. In 1959 it was converted to Howard 250 standard and was sold to Mexico in 1967 where it was registered XB-SAO. It returned to the US register as N2786Y in December 1982 and flown to Albuquerque, where it was reported as "stored" in October 1986. (Thanks to the Air-Britain publication "The Lockheed Twins" for information).

Located in a compound on the airport boundary.

Now located at the at Mid America Flight Museum, Mt Pleasant, TX.

Now painted with a Ukranian flag.

Now painted with a Ukranian flag.

Pictured when it was flying freight for Soundair, this Howard 500 was originally built as Lockheed Ventura Bu 34903. It was allocated to the Royal Air Force but instead diverted to the South African Air Force as 6488. Stored after a crash for some time, it was sold to Howard Aero in 1959. Re-built and operated civilly, the aircraft was converted to a Howard 500 in 1964. Only with Soundair for a year, the last owner was the Lone Star Flight Museum in Galveston, TX. It was substantially damaged during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Damaged beyond repair at Austin/TX on 10 June 1977 when it ground looped on take-off.

Built for the US Navy as PV-1 Bu.34709, to the RCAF as 2244 in 1943 and N1206 in 1954. Bought by Howard Aero Services and converted to a Super Ventura. To N5034F operated by the Firestone Rubber Company in 1961 and converted to a Howard 400. To N1970H in 1968, N197RD in 1969, N100LR in 1974 and YV-183CP in 1977. Stored at Bogota by 1992 and later transferred to the Colombian Air Force Museum and painted as 'FAC 654'.