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    Airframe Family: Fairchild M62 / PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 Cornell
    Latest Model:PT-26A-FE Cornell
    Last Military Serial:42-65639 USAAF
    Construction Number:T4-4724
    Last Civil Registration:N58799
    Compressed ID:Fleet PT-26A-FE sn 42-65639 USAAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Egmond Aircraft Llc, Lewes, DE

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-26A-FE by Fleet at Fort Erie, ON, Canada.
    Built under the Lend-Lease Act of 1940.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n FV154.

    12 May 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 15055.

    Transferred to No. 4 Training Command (T. C.).
    Ronald van de Valk comments (6 July 2021): It is uncertain the airframe ever wore the number 15055.

    13 May 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-65639.

    11 September 1946

    To Mr... Alex J. Somppi Jr.
    To be added to Mr. Somppis flying school at Tukwilla, Washington D.C.

    2 October 1946

    Assigned civil registration: NC68711

    20 October 1946

    Ferry flight.
    Flown to Washington D.C., USA, for handover to The Office War Assets Administration Foreign Liquidation Commision the following day.

    1957

    Withdrawn from use.
    Stored as NC68711 at Jacksonville airfield, Michigan.

    2000

    Discovered.
    Found at Jackson airfield in dilapidated condition.

    Recovered.
    Acquired as found by Egmond Aircraft Llc.

    Circa 15 March 2001

    Certificate of airworthiness for N58799 (M-62A-3, FV-154) issued.

    15 March 2001

    To Egmond Aircraft Llc, Lewes, DE with new c/r N58799.

    15 June 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for N58799 (M-62A-3, FV-154) issued.

    3 July 2021


    Photographer: Ronald van der Valk
    Notes: Fairchild PT-26A-FE Cornell II N58799s/n T4-4724.restored by Egmond Vintage Wings at Hoogeveen airfield, the Netherlands (EHHO).ex-USAAF 42-65639, ex-RCAF 15055, ex-RAF FV154, ex-NC68711

    3 July 2021


    Photographer: Ronald van der Valk
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