Aircraft of the ADF – Grumman S-2 Tracker

N12- Grumman S-2 Tracker

Fourteen Grumman S-2E Trackers were funded in the Australian Defence Program that was announced on November 10 1964. Acquisition of the Trackers was a reversal of the previous policy to withdraw the Navy fixed wing elements, with the new aircraft replacing the Fairey Gannet in the anti submarine warfare (ASW) role.

The Tracker was a twin engined anti submarine aircraft that had first flown, under the designation XS2F-1, on December 4 1952. The production run of the first variant, the S2F-1, totalled 755 aircraft, which comprised 625 for the US Navy and 130 for Canada. In addition, de Havilland Canada built a further 100 in Canada under licence.

The S2F-1 was redesignated the S-2A, and some of these aircraft later had Julie and Jezebel detection gear added, becoming the S-2B. A further 60 similar aircraft were designated the S-2C, featuring an extension of the bomb bay and slightly enlarged tail surfaces.

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