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    Airframe Family: Curtiss O-52 Owl
    Latest Model:O-52 Owl
    Last Military Serial:40-2746 USAAF
    Construction Number:14279
    Compressed ID:Curtiss O-52 sn 40-2746 USAAF cn 14...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an O-52.

    Circa 1940

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 40-2746.

    2 April 1942

    Crashed.
    Wrecked in a landing accident at Brooks Field, TX.

    From By 1974 to By 1984

    To Commemorative Air Force Airpower Museum, Midland International Airport (MAF), Midland, TX.
    Stored by the CAF.
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    From 1984 to By 1987

    To Yankee Air Corps./Charles Nichols, Chino, CA.

    1986

    Transported by ground.
    Moved dismantled and unrestored from Texas to Chino, CA.

    Stored at Chino unrestored but standing on landing gear.

    From 1987 to By 1993

    To MARC/David C. Tallichet, Chino, CA.

    12 June 1987


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Yanks Air Museum, Chino Airport, CA.

    By 1988

    Moved into the Tallichet yard at Chino, awaiting restoration still standing on the landing gear.

    1988


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Yanks Air Museum, Chino airport, California.

    From By 1998 to By 2002

    To Yanks Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    To Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation (MARC)/David Tallichet, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    February 2004

    Spotted dismantled and on a trailer at Chino, CA.

    Circa 2004

    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    By 2008

    Restoration started.

    By 9 September 2011

    Restoration completed.
    Markings Applied: 392E01, ARMY, 02746

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    19 October 2017


    Photographer: Johnny Comstedt
    Notes: In Pima Air and Space Museum in Tucson, AZ, USA 19. October 2017.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Johnny Comstedt
    Mike Henniger
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