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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-17 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:41-25788 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-3745
    Last Civil Registration:N55171
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 41-25788 USAAF cn 7...
    Latest Owner or Location:CCT of 1979 B-24 Series Llc PT-17 Series, Stow, MA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-25788.

    By October 1943

    Transferred to 58AAFFTD, Orangeburg, SC.

    January 1964

    To Newsom Aero FARM Service Incorporated, Walls, MS with new c/r N55171.

    By July 1971

    To Thomas R. Summersill, Geneva, FL keeping c/r N55171.

    By July 1978

    To FARM Aerial Services, Edcouch, TX keeping c/r N55171.

    7 February 1986

    To Hill L Clarke Trustee, Wentworth, NH keeping c/r N55171.

    30 December 1987

    Certificate of airworthiness for N55171 (A75N1(PT17), 75-3745) issued.

    To Collings Foundation, Stow, MA.
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    11 October 2008


    Photographer: Mark Silvestri
    Notes: Collings Foundation WWII Reenactment / Open House at Stow

    23 May 2014

    To CCT of 1979 B-24 SERIES Llc PT-17 SERIES, Stow, MA keeping c/r N55171.
    Markings added: 3

    14 December 2016

    To CCT of 1979 B-24 Series Llc PT-17 Series, Stow, MA keeping c/r N55171.
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