Early History
United States Navy. TBM-3. Construction #: 4303.
Johnson Flying Service, Missoula, MT
#A15 N3251G 1963-1970
Aerial Spray Program – NB, Newfoundland
1966 – Pilot Shaughnessy. 1967-1968 – Probably did not fly in NB. 1969 – Flew in NB and Newfoundland. Pilot Bob Graves. 1970 – Barrie MacLeod tallied N3251G, #A15, at the Fredericton airport, 25 May 1970. Pilot Bob Graves.
Crashed May 1970 on takeoff at Dunphy, NB, on the right side of the takeoff runway. Pilot Bob Graves was unhurt, but the aircraft was destroyed and burned. The cause was heavy frost on the right wing (left wing was OK).
Johnson #A15 probably in the early 1960s. (The National Archive of Transport Travel and Trade)
Johnson #A15 at Deer Lake, Newfoundland, July 1969. On the right is Johnson #A11 N7014C (later GLEP) and on the left is Johnson #D6 N9597C, comprising the Billy Goat team. [Steve Holmes]
Johnson #A15 at Deer Lake, Newfoundland, 1969. [Steve Holmes]
Johnson TBM #A15 N3251G is in the second row at left. This is a group of 12 (of 19) TBMs that flew in Newfoundland in 1969. Location is Deer Lake airport.
Johnson TBM #A15 N3251G crash site, Dunphy NB, May 1970.
