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    Airframe Family: Fairchild 24 Argus / C-61 Forwarder / C-68 / GK / J2K
    Latest Model:Argus III
    Last Military Serial:KK451 RAF
    Construction Number:1069
    Last Civil Registration:N9759F
    Compressed ID:Fairchild Argus III sn KK451 RAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Leo M. Krout, New York, NY

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-83108.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n KK451 as a Argus III.

    18 May 1949

    To Sa Societe Algerienne de Constructions Aeronautiques/Saca, Alger with new c/r F-OAAY (24r 46a, 1069).
    Based at Alger / Houari Boumediene.

    26 July 1949

    Civil registration, F-OAAY, cancelled.

    31 March 1958

    To Aero Club Du Finistere, Guipavas, Bretagne with new c/r F-BDAL (24r 46a, 1069).
    Based at Brest Bretagne.

    29 June 1962

    Civil registration, F-BDAL, cancelled.

    To unknown owner with c/r N9759F.

    To unknown owner with c/r OO-LMV.

    To Koninklijk Legermuseum (Brussels Air Museum Depot), Vissenaken, Vlaams Gewest.
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    To Brussels Air Museum Storage Facility, Landen, Flanders.
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    1 August 1962

    To Leo M. Krout, New York, NY with new c/r N9759F.

    18 March 1970

    Civil registration, N9759F, cancelled.

    2007


    Photographer: Steven Volckaerts
    Notes: photo taken at Vissenaken in 2007
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     Civil Aircraft Register of the World by Pascal Brugier
    DGCA Civil Aircraft Register (France)
    Euro Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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