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    Airframe Family: Vultee BT-13/BT-15/SNV Valiant
    Latest Model:BT-13A Valiant
    Last Military Serial:42-1639 USAAF
    Construction Number:8558
    Last Civil Registration:N56351
    Compressed ID:Vultee BT-13A sn 42-1639 USAAF cn 8...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, Delaware

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a BT-13A.

    13 January 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-1639.

    13 January 1943

    Transferred to 3026th AAF Base Unit, Merced AAF, CA.

    January 1945

    Transferred to 3021st AAF Base Unit (ATC), Las Vegas AAF, NV.

    7 April 1945

    Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corp. facility, Phoenix, AZ.

    To unknown owner with c/r N56351.

    April 1993

    To Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover AFB, Dover, DE.
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    18 July 2009


    Photographer: Daniel L. Berek
    Notes: Vultee BT-13A Valiant (42-1639) - This beautifully restored example of the Vultee Valiant can be admired at the Air Mobility Command Museum, Dover, DE.

    13 May 2018


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Dover, DE.
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