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    Airframe Family: Fairchild M62 / PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 Cornell
    Latest Model:PT-26A-FE Cornell
    Last Military Serial:10890 RCAF
    Construction Number:FZ337
    Last Civil Registration:N79307
    Compressed ID:Fleet PT-26A-FE sn 10890 RCAF cn FZ...
    Latest Owner or Location:Timothy A. Trimble, Lancaster, PA

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1943

    Constructed as a PT-26A-FE by Fleet at Fort Erie, ON, Canada.
    Fairchild M-62A-3 FZ-337

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-36387.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FZ337.

    26 November 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 10890.
    By No. 2 Training Command at Winnipeg.

    17 November 1944

    Withdrawn from use.
    Placed in storage.

    8 November 1946

    Free issue to Foreign Liquidation Commission at Fargo Municipal Airport, North Dakota.

    9 April 1976

    Certificate of airworthiness for N79307 (M-62A-3, FZ-337) issued.

    6 October 1997

    To Robert A. Goldberg, Mineola, TX with new c/r N79307.

    4 September 2004

    Crashed.
    There were two fatalities. The accident occurred at Corsicana Field (CRS) Corsicana, TX, United States while taking off. The damage was substantial. A witness observed the single engine vintage airplane in level flight and suddenly nose dive into the ground shortly after takeoff. Several witnesses at the airport reported that the pilot taxied the airplane to the runway run-up area and taxi back to a hangar, where he performed work on the airplane...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    9 June 2008

    To Cliff A. McCluney Jr, Kerens, TX keeping c/r N79307.

    1 September 2010

    To R and G Aero Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N79307.

    14 April 2015

    To Timothy A. Trimble, Lancaster, PA keeping c/r N79307.

    22 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2017 EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh

    To Lancaster Municipal Airport, Lancaster, PA.
    View the Location Dossier

    24 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2017 EAA Airventure at Oshkosh

    1 June 2018


    Photographer: Gary Maisack
    Notes: Mid-Atlantic Air Show 2018

    20 November 2020

    To Timothy A. Trimble, Lancaster, PA keeping c/r N79307.
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    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
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