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Constructed as an AT-6D-NT by North American at Dallas, Texas, USA. |
15 May 1944 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-84779. |
May 1944 |
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Transferred to 2002nd Army Air Force Base Unit (Basic-Advanced Pilot School, Air Training Command), Stewart AAF, NY. |
October 1944 |
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Transferred to 2138th Army Air Force Base Unit (Advanced Single-Engine Pilot School, ATC), Craig AAF, AL. |
March 1946 |
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Transferred to 2226th Army Air Force Base Unit (ATC), Moody AAF, GA. |
May 1946 |
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Transferred to 4104th Army Air Force Base Unit (Air Materiel Command), Rome AAF, NY. |
August 1946 |
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Transferred to 130th Army Air Force Base Unit (Air Defense Command), Alexandria AFB, LA. |
September 1946 |
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Transferred to 137th Army Air Force Base Unit (ADC), Wold Chamberlain Field, MN (Deployments to Offutt AFB, NE and Lowry AFB, CO). |
April 1948 |
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Transferred to 131st Air Force Base Unit (ADC), Offut AFB, NE. |
May 1948 |
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Transferred to 2537th Air Force Base Unit (ATC), Perrin AFB, TX. |
May 1948 |
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Redesignated as T-6D. |
August 1948 |
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Transferred to 3555th Basic Flying Training Wing (ATC), Perrin, TX. |
December 1951 |
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Transferred to 3308th Training Squadron [Contract] (ATC), Kingston AB, NC. |
April 1952 |
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Transferred to 3545th Pilot Training Wing (ATC), Goodfellow AFB, TX. |
October 1953 |
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Assigned to 3040th Aircraft Storage Depot (AMC), Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage. |
September 1955 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.
Dropped from inventory as surplus. |
From 1963 to 1964 |
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To Clayton J. Carriveau, Milwaukee, WI with new c/r N7210C. |
From 1966 to 1970 |
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To Donald D. Douglas, Haines, AK keeping c/r N7210C. |
By 1970 |
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Markings Applied: Unpainted |
From 1976 to 1978 |
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To Ronald F. Klemm, Fairbanks, AL with new c/r N7RK. |
21 December 1988 |
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To Ronald F. Klemm, Fairbanks, AL keeping c/r N7RK. |
By 1998 |
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Markings Applied: Unpainted except for red cowling and checkerboard rudder |
By June 1998 |
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Restoration completed. |
By June 1998 |
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Markings Applied: Tweety, No Guts, No Glory, Marines, VMT-2, SNJ-5, SH
The tail code SH was came from the first letter of the first names of the owners two daughters. The Tweety nose art was inspired by a coworkers t-shirt. The naval paint scheme was selected because the owner believed Army Air Force paint schemes to be too plain. |
9 November 1999 |
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To David B. OMaley, Cincinnati, OH keeping c/r N7RK. |
7 September 2002 |
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Photographer: James Eubanks
Notes: N7RK, Tweety, at the Indianapolis Airshow, Mt Comfort IN. |
27 May 2009 |
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To T-6 Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N7RK. |
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Based at Tri-State Warbird Museum, Batavia, OH.
 View the Location Dossier |
8 January 2013 |
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To Tri State Warbird Museum, Batavia, OH keeping c/r N7RK. |
18 December 2013 |
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Photographer: Kenneth Smith |
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