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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-27 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:42-15847 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-4036
    Last Civil Registration:N56747
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-27 sn 42-15847 USAAF cn 7...
    Latest Owner or Location:Richard W. Pember, Janesville, WI

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    Dates

    Event

    1942

    Constructed as a PT-27 by Boeing.

    1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-15847.

    1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FJ986.
    Not taken up. Provided to RCAF for Empire Training Scheme.

    1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n FJ986.

    1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-15847.
    RCAF returned aircraft to USAAF.

    From By January 1964 to After 1978

    To Moore Aviation, Tulare, CA with new c/r N56747.

    10 June 1965

    Involved in an incident.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number OAK65F0079: There were no fatalities. Incident occurred at 08:00 hours. The damage was substantial. The engine failed or malfunctioned during the initial climb. The aircraft nosed over on touch down. There was complete power loss in the failure of one engine. The emergency circumstances included; forced off-airport landing on land. Report remarks include: Material failure of #4 cylinder exhaust valve push rod...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: In Tulare, CA.

    9 November 1965


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: In Tulare, CA.

    14 March 1995

    To Mark H. Feldman DBA, Napa, CA keeping c/r N56747.

    18 February 1998

    To Mark H. Feldman DBA, Napa, CA keeping c/r N56747.

    Circa 2008


    Photographer: Dale Ray Willard

    27 September 2016

    To Mark H. Feldman DBA, Napa, CA keeping c/r N56747.

    2 March 2022

    To Richard W. Pember, Janesville, WI keeping c/r N56747.

    7 September 2023


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Geneseo, IL.

    7 September 2023


    Photographer: G.R.Dennis Price
    Notes: National Stearman Fly-out, Gen-Airpark [3G8], Geneseo, IL.
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