Early History
United States Navy. TBM-3E. Construction #: 3014.
Hemet Valley Flying Service, Hemet, CA
#E71 N7229C 1959-1971
Aerial Spray Program – NB
1971 – Pilot Chase.
Hemet Valley TBM #71 N7229C, probably in California. [R.W. Kamm photo, August Horvath Photography]
Hemet Valley #71, Hemet, California, March 1967.
Forced landed in field due to engine fire and destroyed in Ojai, California, 30 August 1971 while firebombing.
Scanned a new photo from Bob Forbes of Hemet Valley FS #71 N7229C that crashed near Ojai, CA in August 1971. Pictured [is] the pilot John Chase. [Posted 3 June 2015 to TBM’s – Mil & Civ by Phil Schmidt]
