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Constructed as a L-5E. |
1944 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-17953. |
1944 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Marine Corps with BuNo 03957 as a OY-1. |
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There is a discrepancy among sources as to whether this aircraft was ever TOS by USAAF or just transferred to the USMC off the line. The registration is confusing by use of a false USAAF s/n based on the FY ordered and the USN BuNo. |
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Much of the information in this dossier was provided by Dale J. Gordon an Archivist at the Naval Historical Center, Washington Navy Yard. |
6 August 1945 |
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Transferred to CASU F12, Guam, Mariana Islands. |
9 August 1945 |
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Transferred to VMO-8, MAG 21, Guam, Mariana Islands. |
25 October 1945 |
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Transferred to CASU F12, Guam, Mariana Islands. |
January 1946 |
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Transferred to VMO-2. |
From January 1946 to July 1946 |
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Transferred to VMO-2, Omura Air Base, Kyushu, Japan.
Assigned to VMO-2 during US Postwar Occupation. According to Maj. Benton, VMO-2 conducted L-5 flights out of Omura with various military VIPs to survey Nagasaki nuclear bomb damage. Maj. Benton logged 11 flights in 44-03957 while at Omura with VMO-2. |
From May 1948 to August 1948 |
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Transferred to VMO-1. |
10 February 1951 |
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Transferred to VMO-6, Japan. |
2 March 1956 |
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To Civil Air Patrol-Georgia Wing, Dobbins AFB, Marietta, GA.
Donated by US Navy to the Civil Air Patrol. |
19 March 1956 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Marine Corps. |
2 January 1957 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for N10460 (L-5E, 44-03957) issued. |
9 June 1969 |
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To William Douglas Epps, Jonesboro, GA with c/r N10460.
Sold by CAP to Mr. Epps. |
21 April 1970 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for N10460 (L-5E, 44-03957) issued. |
5 July 1984 |
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To James F. Clack, Hampton, GA.
Half interest sold to Mr. Clack. |
5 April 1991 |
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To James F. Clack, Hampton, GA.
Full interest sold to Mr. Clack. |
1 June 1994 |
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To Frank G. Riess, Lagrangeville, NY. |
23 February 1996 |
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To Arnold Phillips, Tyler, TX. |
15 June 1999 |
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To Phillips Arnold, Tyler, TX. |
1 January 2002 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for N10460 (L-5E, 44-03957) issued. |
29 July 2002 |
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To C. Steve Collins and Michael E. Kennedy, Atlanta, GA. |
13 April 2005 |
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To Cynthia J. Collins, Atlanta, GA. |
14 February 2008 |
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To Michael E. Kennedy, Atlanta, GA. |
28 July 2011 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: At 2011 Oshkosh |
26 November 2013 |
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Photographer: Michael Kennedy
Notes: Stinson L-5E Bu.No. 03957 (N10460) on display at the Wings Over North Georgia Airshow 2012, Rome, Georgia. |
24 September 2016 |
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Photographer: Robert Bourlier
Notes: Atlanta Warbirds Weekend, Peachtree-DeKalb Airport.The airplane is configured as an air ambulance. |
24 September 2016 |
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Photographer: Robert Bourlier
Notes: Atlanta Warbird Weekend, Peachtree-DeKalb Airport.L-5E Cockpit. |
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