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    Airframe Family: Fairchild M62 / PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 Cornell
    Latest Model:Cornell
    Last Military Serial:FV688 RCAF
    Construction Number:FV688
    Last Civil Registration:C-FNOR
    Compressed ID:Fairchild Cornell sn FV688 RCAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Stephen W. Gray, Kitchener, ON

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    Dates

    Event

    1943

    Constructed as a Cornell.

    From 22 September 1944 to May 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n FV688.

    From May 1947 to November 1963

    To Brantford Flying Club, ON with new c/r CF-FEA.

    September 1949

    To Jim Leggat, Barker Field, Toronto, ON keeping c/r CF-FEA.

    To Sidney Klein keeping c/r CF-FEA.


    Photographer: Al Martin
    Notes: Toronto Island Airport

    From 1955 to 1961

    To Vincent Clothier, Toronto, ON keeping c/r CF-FEA.

    13 August 2004

    To Allan E Mather, Keene, ON with new c/r CF-NOR (M-62A-3, FV-688).

    Markings Applied: 185

    5 September 2008

    To Allan E. Mather, Keene, ON with new c/r C-FNOR.

    Based at Norwood, ON.
    View the Location Dossier

    11 May 2016

    To Steven Grey Kitchener, ON. and Tom Dietrich, Guelph, ON keeping c/r C-FNOR.

    July 2018


    Photographer: Nigel Hitchman
    Notes: At 2018 Oshkosh

    24 June 2022

    To Stephen W. Gray, Kitchener, ON keeping c/r C-FNOR.
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