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    Airframe Family: Fairchild M62 / PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 Cornell
    Latest Model:PT-19A-AE Cornell
    Last Military Serial:42-48007 USAAF
    Construction Number:AE06563
    Last Civil Registration:N51437
    Latest Owner or Location:Cass County Historical Society, West Fargo, ND

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-19A-AE by Aeronca at Middletown, OH, USA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-48007.

    20 April 1945

    Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corporation.

    By February 1956

    To unknown owner with c/r N51437.

    11 February 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N51437 (M-62A, 6563AE) issued.

    By 18 July 1988

    To Cass County Historical Society, West Fargo, ND keeping c/r N51437.
    Displayed in Eagles Air Museum, Bonanzaville.

    9 August 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Bonanzaville, West Fargo, ND

    By August 2003

    Based at Fargo Air Museum, Hector International Airport, Fargo, ND.
    View the Location Dossier

    28 March 2005

    To Cass County Historical Society, West Fargo, ND keeping c/r N51437.

    1 January 2011

    Certificate of airworthiness for N51437 (M-62A, 6563AE) issued.

    25 March 2013

    Civil registration, N51437, cancelled.

    20 March 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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