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    Airframe Family: Curtiss JN-4 Jenny/Canuck
    Latest Model:JN-4D Jenny
    Last Military Serial:A4983 USAAS
    Compressed ID:Curtiss JN-4D sn A4983 USAAS
    Latest Owner or Location:Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, Virginia

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    Dates

    Event

    April 1918

    Constructed as a JN-4D.

    April 1918

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Services with s/n A4983.

    April 1918

    Transferred to Hazelhurst Field, Mineola, NY.

    25 November 1918

    To Smithsonian-National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC.
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    11 June 1991


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At the Paul Garber restoration facility

    By 2011

    Placed on display with Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA.
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    16 September 2011


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    15 May 2018


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: at Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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