List of displayed Grumman S-2 Trackers

Canadian-made CS2F-2 Tracker on static display at Base Borden Military Museum

The Grumman S-2 Tracker is an American twin-engine anti-submarine warfare aircraft designed for the United States Navy. Still in active service in South America it has been retired in other countries and a number are now on public display.

Argentina

On display

• US-2A Tracker 0510/6-G-52 of the Argentine Naval Aviation at Naval Aviation Museum, Bahía Blanca^[1]

Australia

S-2E Tracker 153582 on display in 2015

Airworthy

• S-2G VH-NVX painted as 152333 (844) of the Royal Australian Navy and operated by the RAN Historic Flight, HMAS Albatross, Nowra, New South Wales.^[2]

On display

• S-2A Tracker 133160 - Queensland Air Museum, Caloundra Airport, Caloundra West, Queensland, Australia^[2][3]
• S-2E Tracker 153582 (859) - Fleet Air Arm Museum, HMAS Albatross, Nowra, New South Wales, Australia.^[2]
• S-2E Tracker 153600 (844) - Fleet Air Arm Museum, HMAS Albatross, Nowra, New South Wales, Australia.^[2]

Brazil

On display

• One S2A Tracker and one S2E Tracker, on display at the Brazilian Air Force Aerospace Museum, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[4]

Canada

CS2F-2 Tracker 1577 at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, Hamilton, Ontario

On display

• CS2F-1 Tracker 1501 at the Shearwater Aviation Museum, Halifax, Nova Scotia^[5]
• CS2F-2 Tracker 1507 at the Base Borden Military Museum, CFB Borden, Barrie, Ontario^[6]
• CS2F-2 Tracker 1545 at the National Air Force Museum of Canada, Trenton, Ontario^[7]
• CS2F-2 Tracker 1577 at the Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, Hamilton, Ontario^[8] (undergoing restoration to flying status)^[9]
• CS2F-2 Tracker 1600 - Canadian Air and Space Museum, Toronto, Ontario^[10]
• CP-121 Tracker 12157 - Shearwater Aviation Museum, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• CP-121 Tracker 12176 - Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum, Halifax International Airport, Nova Scotia^[11]
• CP-121 Tracker 12187 - Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Ottawa, Ontario^[12]
• CP-121 Tracker 12188 - Comox Air Force Museum, Comox, British Columbia^[13]
• Conair Firecat (conversion from CS2L Tracker), Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario^[14]
• Conair Firecat (conversion from CS2F-2 Tracker), registration CF-OPU, Canadian Museum of Flight, Langley, British Columbia^[15]

Netherlands

On display

• US-2N Tracker 160 on display at the Dutch Air Force Museum, at Kamp Zeist, near Soesterberg Air Base

South Korea

On display

• S-2 Tracker, on display at the War Memorial of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea^[16]

United States

On display

S2F-1 (S-2A)

• 133179 - Mid America Air Museum, Liberal, Kansas.^[17]
• 133224 - Former CDF Tanker 84 Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa, California.^[18]
• 133251 - Former CDF Tanker 78 Aerospace Museum of California, North Highlands, California^[19]
• 136431 - Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison, Texas.^[20]
• 136468 - Pima Air Museum, Tucson, Arizona.^[21]
• 136546 - Weed Airport, Weed, California.^[22]
• 136560 - Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham, Alabama.^[23]
• 136567 - Former CDF Tanker 74 Estrella Warbird Museum, Paso Robles, California.^[24]

US-2A

• 136421 - Castle Air Museum, Atwater, CA.^[25]
• 136486 - Combat Air Museum in Topeka, Kansas.^[26]
• 144721 - Selfridge Military Air Museum, Harrison Township, Michigan.^[27]

US-2B

• 136433 - Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum, Titusville, Florida.^[28]
• 136534 - Kissimmee Air museum, Kissimmee, Florida.^[29]
• 136691 - USS Hornet Museum, Alameda, California.^[30]

S2F-3 (S-2D)

• 147870 - Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe, Hawaii.^[31]
• 149240 - Patuxent River Naval Air Museum, Lexington Park, Maryland.^[32]

S2F-3S (S-2E)

• 151657 - USS Yorktown (CV-10) at the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum in Charleston, South Carolina.^[33]

References

1. "MUAN picture." museoaeronaval.ara.mil. Retrieved: 10 July 2011.
2. http://www.s2ftracker.com/australiatrackers.htm
3. http://www.qam.com.au/aircraft/tracker/133160.htm
4. "Aeronaves por ordem de fabricante (List of aircraft by manufacturer) (in Portuguese)." Museu Aeroespacial. Retrieved: 16 July 2010.
5. "Grumman CS2F/CP 121 Tracker". Shearwater Aviation Museum. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
6. "Ground Display Aircraft". Canadian Forces Base Borden. Department of National Defence. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
7. "Aircraft Exhibits: Tracker". National Air Force Museum of Canada. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
8. "Grumman CS2F-2 Tracker." Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. Retrieved: 15 June 2010.
9. Burman, John. "Aging Grumman on track to fly again." The Hamilton Spectator, 27 March 2012. Retrieved: 8 October 2012.
10. "de Havilland CS2F Tracker". Canadian Air & Space Museum. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
11. "De Havilland (Grumman) CP-121 Tracker". Atlantic Canada Aviation Museum. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
12. "Grumman CP-121 Tracker." Canada Aviation and Space Museum, 31 May 1956. Retrieved: 2 October 2012.
13. Grumman CP-121 Tracker - Comox, BC Retrieved: 7 January 2014
14. "Grumman CS2L Tracker". Canadian Bushplane Heritage Centre. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
15. "Conair Firecat". The Canadian Museum of Flight. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
16. "Outdoor Exhibit: S-2 Tracer." War Memorial of Korea, 2010. Retrieved: 23 August 2010.
17. "S-2 Tracker/113179." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 9 July 2015.
18. "S-2 Tracker/133224." Pacific Coast Air Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015.
19. "S-2 Tracker/133251." Aerospace Museum of California. Retrieved: 9 July 2015.
20. "S-2 Tracker/136431." Cavanaugh Flight Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015.
21. "S-2 Tracker/136468." Pima Air Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015.
22. "S-2 Tracker/136546." Retrieved: 30 April 2016.
23. "S-2 Tracker/136560." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 9 July 2015.
24. "S-2 Tracker/136567." Estrella Warbird Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015.
25. " S-2 Tracker/13641 Retrieved: 30 April 2016.
26. "S-2 Tracker/136486." Combat Air Museum. Retrieved: 4 March 2013.
27. "S-2 Tracker/144721." Selfridge Military Air Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015.
28. "S-2 Tracker/136433." Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015.
29. "S-2 Tracker/136534." Kissimmee Air Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015.
30. "S-2 Tracker/136691." USS Hornet Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015.
31. "S-2 Tracker/147870." aerialvisuals.ca Retrieved: 9 July 2015.
32. "S-2 Tracker/149240." Patuxent River Naval Air Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015.
33. "S-2 Tracker/151657." Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum. Retrieved: 9 July 2015.

Further reading

• Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix. Núñez Padin, Jorge Felix, ed. S-2 Tracker & Turbo Tracker. Serie Aeronaval (in Spanish) 26. Bahía Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales. Retrieved 2014-09-10.