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    Airframe Family: Fairchild M62 / PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 Cornell
    Latest Model:Cornell II
    Last Military Serial:10871 RCAF
    Construction Number:FZ318
    Last Civil Registration:N9474H
    Compressed ID:Fairchild Cornell II sn 10871 RCAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Dallas, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-26B-FE by Fleet at Fort Erie, ON, Canada.

    November 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-36368.
    S/n assigned for Lend-lease procurement for RAF, aircraft not TOS by USAAF.

    November 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FZ318 as a Cornell II.
    Acquired via Lend-Lease for supply to the RCAF; aircraft never left Canada.

    27 November 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 10871.

    Assigned to No. 4 Training Command, Calgary, AB for storage.

    21 February 1944

    Transferred to No. 4 Training Command, Calgary, AB.

    21 July 1944

    Assigned to No. 3 Training Command for storage.

    15 January 1945

    Assigned to No. 1 Air Command for storage.
    Pending disposal from 26 September 1945.

    6 November 1945

    Assigned to No. 5 Reserve Equipment Maintenance Unit, Reserve Equipment Maintenance Satellite, Saint Eugene, ON for storage.
    Pending disposal. Noted with 412:05 logged time while there.

    21 June 1946

    To Foreign Liquidation Commission, Bell Niagara Modification Center No. 7, Niagara Falls, NY.
    Free issue.

    By 21 December 1956

    To unknown owner with c/r N9474H (M-62A, FZ318).

    21 December 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9474H (M-62A, FZ318) issued.

    11 December 1998

    To Joel C. Chase, Oakdale, CA keeping c/r N9474H.

    14 December 1998

    To Joel C. Chase, Livermore, CA keeping c/r N9474H.

    11 December 2006

    To Pat L. Stewart, Collinsville, OK keeping c/r N9474H.

    8 December 2011

    To Wright Way Aviation Llc, Eustis, FL keeping c/r N9474H.

    10 July 2012

    To unknown owner with c/r N9474H.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Midland, TX.

    27 July 2012

    To American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Midland, TX keeping c/r N9474H.
    Markings added: 44

    In the inventory of Commemorative Air Force Airpower Museum, Midland International Airport (MAF), Midland, TX.
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    13 September 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Keokuk, IA

    13 September 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Keokuk, IA

    24 August 2015

    To American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N9474H.

    September 2015


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Brodhead, Wisconsin

    24 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2017 AirVenture at Oshkosh

    26 February 2021

    To American Airpower Heritage Flying Museum, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N9474H.

    June 2024

    Luc Zipkin comments (11 October 2024): Reassigned from the Wisconsin Wing to the New York Wing, now based at Hudson Valley Regional Airport (POU) near Poughkeepsie, NY.


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    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
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    Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers by Brian Walker
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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    Luc Zipkin

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