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    Airframe Family: Cessna 170 / 305 / L-19 / O-1 / OE / 325 / SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019
    Latest Model:O-1A Bird Dog
    Last Military Serial:51-4651 US
    Construction Number:21536
    Last Civil Registration:N2684P
    Compressed ID:Cessna O-1A sn 51-4651 US cn 21536...
    Latest Owner or Location:Oklahoma National Guard Museum, Forest City, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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    Dates

    Event

    1951

    Constructed as a L-19A-CE by Cessna at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    1951

    Accepted by USAF for transfer to Army.

    1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 51-4651.

    1951

    Transferred to Oklahoma Army National Guard.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as O-1A.

    16 February 1973

    Certificate of airworthiness for N2684P (305A, 21536) issued.

    To unknown owner with c/r N2684P.

    1 December 1986

    To unknown owner with c/r N2684P.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma City, OK.

    December 1986

    To 45th Infantry Division Museum, Forest City, Oklahoma City, OK.
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    16 September 1995


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Before windows were covered. On a rainy day

    4 April 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    8 July 2010


    Photographer: Jay Curtiss

    23 August 2012

    Civil registration, N2684P, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma City, OK.

    1 January 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for N2684P (305A, 21536) issued.

    1 January 2016

    To unknown owner with c/r N2684P.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma City, OK.

    4 May 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Oklahoma City - 45th Infantry Museum, OK, USA

    To Oklahoma National Guard Museum, Forest City, Oklahoma City, OK.
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    Mike Henniger
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