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    Airframe Family: Stinson L-1/CQ/O-49 Vigilant
    Latest Model:L-1A Vigilant
    Last Military Serial:41-19039 USAAF
    Construction Number:11-2203
    Last Civil Registration:N4782C {1}
    Compressed ID:Stinson L-1A sn 41-19039 USAAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an O-49A.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-19039.

    April 1942

    Redesignated as L-1A.

    3 October 1946

    To California Aircraft Corp, Van Nuys, CA with new c/r N66648.

    24 September 1970

    Civil registration, N66648, cancelled.

    28 May 1971

    To Tallmantz Aviation Inc, Santa Ana, CA with new c/r N63229.

    To Lawrence Flahart, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N4782C {1} (L-1F, 11-2203).

    Restoration started.

    1973

    Donated to the National Museum of the USAF by Mrs. Lawrence Flahart, Anchorage, Alaska, in memory of her husband who died before finishing its restoration.

    1973

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    2 May 1974

    Civil registration, N4782C {1}, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma City, OK.

    29 July 1974

    Civil registration, N63229, cancelled.

    Restoration completed.
    Markings Applied: 41-19039
    The Department of Aviation Technology, Purdue University completed the restoration. Marked as an Ambulance conversion.

    14 January 1977

    To unknown owner with c/r N4782C {1}.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Oklahoma City, OK.

    1979

    Placed on display.


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF


    Photographer: National Museum of the USAF

    28 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    5 June 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    24 May 2016


    Photographer: Phil Rademacher
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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