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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:42-16201 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-4364
    Last Civil Registration:N54653
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 42-16201 USAAF cn 7...
    Latest Owner or Location:Robert D. Pingston, Morrice, MI

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-16201.

    By May 1943

    Transferred to 62nd AAF Flying Training Detachment, (Primary), Southeast Training Center, Augustine Field, MS.
    Operated by the Mississippi Institute of Aeronautics, Inc.

    19 May 1943

    Damaged.
    Sustained damage in landing accident at Augustine Auxiliary Field, Ratliff, MS.

    By December 1943

    Transferred to 318th AAF Flying Training Detachment (Primary), 31st Flying Training Wing, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, TX.
    (Women Airforce Service Pilot trainer).

    16 December 1943

    Damaged.
    Sustained damage in a taxi accident with PT-17 42-16664 at Avenger Auxiliary Field #1, Roscoe, TX.

    By May 1944

    Transferred to 2563rd Base Unit, AAF CFTC, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, TX.

    4 May 1944

    Damaged.
    Damaged in landing accident with ground loop, Auxiliary Field #2, Roscoe, TX.

    By May 1956

    To Marsh Aviation Company, Mesa, AZ with new c/r NR54653.
    Operated with markings: 252

    25 May 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR54653 (A75N1(PT17), 75-4364) issued.

    1957

    Operated for Canadian Forest Protection Limited spruce budworm spray program New Brunswick.

    1958

    Operated for Canadian spruce budworm spray program.

    1958

    Markings Applied: 212

    By 1963

    To George O. Clanton, Yazoo City, MS keeping c/r NR54653.


    Photographer: Larry Johnson Collection

    By 1981

    To W H. Baggett, Fort Pierce, FL with new c/r N54653.

    3 January 1981


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Baggetts strip, Florida

    8 July 1989

    To W H. Baggett, Fort Pierce, FL keeping c/r N54653.

    19 February 1999

    To Brian D. Oconnor, Brighton, MI keeping c/r N54653.

    5 June 2006

    To Jay Godfrey, Stevensville, MI keeping c/r N54653.
    Markings added: 228

    13 September 2007


    Photographer: Mark Pasqualino
    Notes: At Watervliet Municipal Airport

    29 December 2009

    To Robert D. Pingston, Morrice, MI keeping c/r N54653.

    1 June 2016

    To Robert D. Pingston, Morrice, MI keeping c/r N54653.

    6 September 2019


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Galesburg, IL Stearman Fly In
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