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 BT-13
- Serial#'s - 41-9642
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Aircraft Information
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Aircraft:
BT-13 ( V-54 )
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Photographer:
Registration Info:
USAAF Serial# 41-9642
C/N# 74-1876
FAA#
History:
Delivered to USAAF as 41-9642.
- BOC: Aug. 15, 1941.
- SOC: Sept. 1944.
- Assigned to Army Air Force Basic Pilot Training School
(Air Training Command) Gunter Field, Montgomery, AL, 1941.
- Transferred to to 75th Flying Training Detachment
(Contract Flying School, Basic) Riddle McKay Aero School,
Clewiston, FL, Sept. 1941.
-- Used to train RAF cadets in the US.
-- wrecked in taxiing accident, Riddle Field, Florida by LAC
E. Chamberlain (RAF cadet). Total Time Since New: 81.2 hrs.,
Nov. 9, 1942.
- Transferred to Moody Field, Valdosta, GA, Nov. 1942.
- Transferred to Shaw Field, Sumter, SC, Jan. 1943.
- Transferred to 4117th AAF Base Unit (Air Technical Service
Command) Robbins Field, CA, July 1944.
-- Placed in storage for future use as technical training
aid (but apparently not used).
- Sold for scrap by the Reconstructive Finance Corporation,
Ponca City, OK, Sept. 1944.
Eventually found it's way into the Walter Soplata
Collection of Newberry, Ohio (date unknown).
Andy McQuire, Bon Accord, Alberta, Canada, June 21, 1989.
G&M Aircraft, Ltd., St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, Jan. 22,
1990.
- Placed in storage.
Dan Jones, Lacombe, Alberta, Oct. 2, 2000-2002.
- Restoration project to airworthy.
- Registration C-GSNV reserved.
Sources:
Dan Jones
# 11 Lakes Close
Lacombe, Alberta,
Canada, T4L 1S5
Phone: (403) 782 0976
E-Mail:
warbirds@shaw.ca
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