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    Airframe Family: Fairchild 24 Argus / C-61 Forwarder / C-68 / GK / J2K
    Latest Model:Argus II
    Last Military Serial:EV732 RAF
    Construction Number:0240
    Last Civil Registration:N66143
    Latest Owner or Location:Scott E. Rozzell, Houston, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    1941

    Constructed as an UC-61-FA by Fairchild at Hagerstown, MD, USA.

    1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 41-38796.
    Acquired for transfer to the RAF.

    1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n EV732 as a Argus II.

    By December 1955

    To unknown owner with c/r N66143.

    16 December 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for N66143 (24W-41A, W41A240) issued.

    15 July 2002

    To Theodore W. Miller, Canfield, OH with new c/r N66143.

    27 April 2011

    To unknown owner with c/r N66143.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Bainbridge Island, WA.

    13 June 2011

    To William H. Sleeper, Bainbridge Island, WA with new c/r N66143.

    14 September 2012


    Photographer: Anonymous
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races at the Reno-Stead Airport, Nevada.

    14 September 2012


    Photographer: Anonymous
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races at the Reno-Stead Airport, Nevada.

    14 September 2012


    Photographer: Anonymous
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races at the Reno-Stead Airport, Nevada.

    31 May 2014


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Fairchild AFB, WA.

    1 January 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for N66143 (24W-41A, W41A240) issued.

    19 January 2017

    To William H. Sleeper, Bainbridge Island, WA keeping c/r N66143.

    24 May 2021

    To Scott E. Rozzell, Houston, TX keeping c/r N66143.
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     U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials 1909 to 1979 by John M. Andrade
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     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Anonymous
    Glenn Chatfield
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