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    Airframe Family: Fairchild 24 Argus / C-61 Forwarder / C-68 / GK / J2K
    Latest Model:UC-61A-FA Argus
    Last Military Serial:43-14601 USAF
    Construction Number:0565
    Last Civil Registration:G-AIZE
    Compressed ID:Fairchild UC-61A-FA sn 43-14601 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Royal Air Force Museum, Midland, Cosford, Shropshire, England

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    Dates

    Event

    June 1943

    Constructed as an UC-61A-FA by Fairchild at Hagerstown, MD, USA.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 43-14601.

    To unknown owner with c/r N9996F (24W-41A, 565).

    1946

    Transported by ship.
    Moved from Brooklyn, NY, to the United Kingdom.

    December 1946

    To unknown owner with c/r G-AIZE (FAIRCHILD 24W-41A, 565).

    February 1951

    To unknown owner with c/r N9996F.

    27 July 1962

    Civil registration, N9996F, cancelled.

    August 1963

    To unknown owner with c/r G-AIZE.

    Markings Applied: Wears false markings of FS628( Original FS628 operated for RAF in the Far east)

    February 1973

    Placed on display with Royal Air Force Museum, Cosford, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
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    19 August 2006


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: At the RAF Museum Cosford, UK

    1 September 2011


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Preserved at RAF Museum Cosford in the UK

    To Royal Air Force Museum, Midland, Cosford, Shropshire, England.
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