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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-17 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:42-16396 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-4559
    Last Civil Registration:N222FK
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 42-16396 USAAF cn 7...
    Latest Owner or Location:ST75 Llc, Fargo, ND

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    Dates

    Event

    1943

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    March 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-16396.

    17 March 1943

    Transferred to Maxwell Air Base, AL.

    By 1943

    Transferred to 318th AAF Flying Training Detachment (Primary), 31st Flying Training Wing, Avenger Field, Sweetwater, TX.
    Operated with markings: 47
    WASP training plane.

    July 1945

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Army Air Force.

    Circa 1946

    To Demac Air Service, CO with new c/r N61309.

    1948

    Converted to a crop spraying aircraft.

    1953

    Converted with 450 hp engine.

    By 1961

    To I. R. Machado, Lemoore, CA keeping c/r N61309.

    1969

    Converted back to stock PT-17.

    19 March 1969

    Certificate of airworthiness for N61309 (A75, 75-4559) issued.

    By 1971

    To Kurt Alan Frdin, New Lennox, IL keeping c/r N61309.

    2 February 1981

    To Allen Marilyn, Mineola, TX with new c/r N222FK.

    Passed through the hands of various other owners.

    2000

    To Chuck Andrews, WI keeping c/r N222FK.

    2000

    Markings Applied: Blondie, 66, U.S.NAVY, VN2S-2
    Marked as Navy N2S-2.

    From 2000 to 2008

    Loaned to EAA Airventure Museum, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, WI.

    24 July 2000

    To Airway Aircraft Inc, Neenah, WI keeping c/r N222FK.

    2008

    To EAA Airventure Museum, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, WI.
    Purchased by the EAA.
    View the Location Dossier

    2008

    Markings Applied: Blondie
    Name and nose art added to left side nose.

    7 July 2009

    To Daniel J. Sokolowski, Eagle, NE keeping c/r N222FK.

    5 September 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Antique Airfield, Blakesburg, IA

    6 September 2009


    Photographer: Nick Dean
    Notes: 2009 Photo at Antique Airfield. Photo displayed with written permission of Nick Dean

    6 November 2013

    To Daniel J. Sokolowski, Clear Lake, IA keeping c/r N222FK.

    May 2016


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Blakesburg, Iowa.

    6 September 2019


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Galesburg, IL Stearman Fly In

    10 July 2021

    To unknown owner with c/r N222FK.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Fargo, ND.

    21 March 2022

    To ST75 Llc, Fargo, ND keeping c/r N222FK.
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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    Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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