to make a more conventional appearance. 126731 – Static display at the Commemorative Air Force's facility in Mesa, Arizona, as a memorial to VAdm James B. Stockdale, who flew this aircraft early in his Navy career.126731 Specifications (AF-2S Guardian) See also References Notes and Citations Bibliography Donald, David and Daniel J. March. Carrier Aviation Air Power Directory. Norwalk, CT: AIRtime Publishing, 2001. . Goodall, Geoffrey. Warbirds Directory. Victoria, Australia: Victoria Publishing, Fourth Edition 2005. Gunston, Bill. Grumman: Sixty Years of Excellence. New York: Orion Books, 1988. . Kowalski, Robert J. Grumman AF Guardian. Naval Fighters Series (#20). Simi Valley, CA: Steve Ginter Publishing, 1991, . Pilot's Manual for Navy Model AF-2S Aircraft, AN 01-85DAB-1. Washington: Secretary of the Air Force and the Bureau of Aeronautics, 4 March 1951; reissued in digital DVD version as Grumman AF-2S Flight Manual, AN 01-85DAB-1, 1951. Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada: Sicuro Publishing Inc., 2011. Salerno, Giorgio. Hand-in-Hand: US Navy 'Hunter-Killer' Anti-Sub Teams. Air Enthusiast 111, May/June 2004, pp. 32–37. Swanborough, Gordon and Peter M. Bowers. United States Navy Aircraft since 1911. London: Putnam, Second edition, 1976. . Swanborough, Gordon and Peter M. Bowers. United States Navy Aircraft since 1911. London: Putnam, Third edition, 1990. . Thruelsen, Richard. The Grumman Story. New York: Praeger Publishers, Inc., 1976. . Wagner, Ray. American Combat Planes. New York: Doubleday & Company, Third Edition, 1982. . External links (1951) AN 01-85DAB-1 Pilot's Handbook for Navy Model AF-2S Aircraft Grumman AF Guardian at Greg Goebel's Air Vectors AF2S Guardian at Arizona Wing Commemorative Air Force A01F Guardian 1940s United States anti-submarine aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Carrier-based aircraft Mid-wing aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1945