S/N B-141



Manufactured in 1945 JRF-5 Bu87747
US Navy
NC41996
Humble Oil & Manufacturing - Humble, Texas 1945-1954
Freeport Sulphur Co - Freeport, TX 1954-1963 re-reg. N2005 > N2003
Dean Franklin/Amphibian Parts Inc. - Miami, FL 1963-1966
Antilles Air Boats - U.S.V.I. 1966-1981
AAB ceased operations 11/9/81 stored at Alexander Hamilton
Airport. Damaged by hurricane 1985, abandoned as a wreck.
Dean H. Franklin Aviation Enterprises Inc. - Ft. Lauderdale, FL 1992-1999
Klaus D. Martin / European Coastal Airways - Munich, Germany 1999-2012
crated to Landsberied, Germany along with 3 additional Gooses
(HS-TOM, N28369, N79914)






Gus Greaux, mechanic from Trinidad




photo credit Frank Strnad

photo by Charles Freehling
