TF-RVJ Grumman
JRF-6B Goose
(c/n 1125)
TF-RVJ was one of five* ex US Navy JRF-6s to be used on
intra-island services by Loftleidir
immediately post WW
II. This aircraft had served with the RAF as a
Grumman Goose 1A with
the serial FP475
before being acquired by the Icelandic carrier. It was lost on a
flight enroute to
Kodiak, Alaska in 1974
whilst registered N1583V.
The aircraft were:
TF-RVK (JRF-5, c/n B-71, Bu37818 N1507V N30Y)
TF-RVA (G-21A, c/n 1020, NC20650 PP-XAN
N1503V)
TF-RVI (JRF-6B, c/n 1139, Bu0195B BW792 FP489 Bu66339)
TF-RVJ (JRF-6B, c/n 1125, Bu0181B BW778 FP457 Bu66352 N1583V)
TF-RVG (JRF-6B, c/n 1168, Bu66368 FP518 N74110 N49c PT-AFO N79U N401SJ)