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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:N2S-5 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:61076 USN
    Construction Number:75-5198
    Last Civil Registration:N5539N
    Compressed ID:Boeing N2S-5 sn 61076 USN cn 75-519...
    Latest Owner or Location:Monte L. Orr, Hay Springs, NE

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-13D by Boeing.

    Circa 1942

    Was allocated s/n 42-17025 with the United States Army Air Force but was not taken up.
    Not TOS but transferred direct to USN.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 61076 as a N2S-5.

    9 October 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for N5539N (E75, 75-5198) issued.

    From 1964 to 1978

    To Willis T. Howell, Blue Island, IL with new c/r N5539N.

    1977

    To Willis T. Howell, Howell Airport, Midlothian, IL keeping c/r N5539N.

    11 September 1982


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Galesburg, IL.

    11 September 1982


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Galesburg, IL.

    28 May 1987

    To Richard F. Brakey, Hobbs, NE keeping c/r N5539N.

    Based at Commemorative Air Force-Highland Lakes Squadron, Burnet Municipal Airport/Kate Craddock Field, Burnet, TX.
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    15 April 2010

    To Monte L. Orr, Hay Springs, NE keeping c/r N5539N.

    2 December 2019

    To Monte L. Orr, Hay Springs, NE keeping c/r N5539N.
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