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    Airframe Family: Cessna T-50/AT-17/C-78 Bobcat / Crane
    Latest Model:AT-17B Bobcat
    Last Military Serial:42-38896 USAAF
    Construction Number:3105
    Last Civil Registration:N69072
    Latest Owner or Location:Kramer James, Boynton Beach, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-17B.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-38896.

    Transferred to 549th Two Engine Flying Training Squadron, Army Air Force Auxiliary Flight Station, Roswell, NM.

    17 February 1943

    Damaged.
    Takeoff accident, pilot Raymond L. McDonald.

    28 February 1943

    Destroyed.
    Ground accident, destroyed by fire. Operated by mechanic Harry Coyne.

    28 February 1943

    Written off.
    Written off at Roswell Army Air Field, NM.

    To unknown owner with c/r N69072.

    29 January 1978


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Lakeland, Florida

    16 February 1988

    To Kramer James, Boynton Beach, FL with c/r N69072.

    20 July 1992


    Photographer: Tim Martin
    Notes: 1992 photo at Victoria BC
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