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    Airframe Family: Stinson L-1/CQ/O-49 Vigilant
    Latest Model:O-49 Vigilant
    Last Military Serial:40-0283 USAAF
    Construction Number:40-283
    Last Civil Registration:G-CIGB
    Compressed ID:Stinson O-49 sn 40-0283 USAAF cn 40...
    Latest Owner or Location:Garth Turner, London, Patricia Mary Turner, London

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an O-49.

    Circa 1940

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 40-0283.

    11 January 1945

    Written off.
    In Alaska.

    From 1990 to 2000

    To Canadian Museum of Flight (and) Transportation, Surrey BC, later Langley BC.
    Recovered from crash site, largely intact: displayed partly restored - wings attached, no fabric.

    From 2000 to 2002

    To Charles Darby, Auckland, NZ.

    From 2002 to 2013

    To Garth Turner, Blenheim, NZ,.

    26 May 2015

    To Garth Turner, 86 Ennis Road, London, SE18 2QT with new c/r G-CIGB.

    26 May 2015

    To Garth Turner, London, Patricia Mary Turner, London with new c/r G-CIGB.
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