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    Airframe Family: Vultee BT-13/BT-15/SNV Valiant
    Latest Model:BT-13A Valiant
    Last Military Serial:41-9645 USAAF
    Construction Number:1879
    Last Civil Registration:N54886
    Compressed ID:Vultee BT-13A sn 41-9645 USAAF cn 1...
    Latest Owner or Location:Bonanzaville USA - Eagles Air Museum, West Fargo, Fargo, North Dakota

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a BT-13A.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 41-9645.

    20 June 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-9645.

    By July 1943

    Transferred to 440th Basic Flying Training Squadron, Cochran Field, GA.

    29 July 1943

    Damaged.
    Landing accident at Cochran Field, Macon, GA, pilot Dale A. Van Arsdall.

    22 October 1943

    Damaged.
    While parked, was damaged when taxiing aircraft collided with it.

    To Dutcher Harold, Rhinelander, WI with new c/r N54886.

    14 January 1977

    Civil registration, N54886, cancelled.
    Registration revoked.

    To Bonanzaville USA-Eagles Air Museum, West Fargo, Fargo, ND.
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    9 August 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Bonanzaville Museum, West Fargo, ND

    24 January 2017

    Civil registration, N54886, cancelled.

    21 June 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin

    21 June 2021


    Photographer: Max Sabin
    Notes: The tires could sure use some air!
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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