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    Airframe Family: Fairchild M62 / PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 Cornell
    Latest Model:PT-23-SL Cornell
    Last Military Serial:42-49805 USAAF
    Construction Number:129
    Last Civil Registration:N64097
    Compressed ID:Saint Louis PT-23-SL sn 42-49805 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:Yellowstone Aviation Inc, Jackson, WY

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-23-SL by Saint Louis at Saint Louis, MO, USA.

    27 August 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-49805.

    Circa 27 August 1943

    Transferred to 69th Flying Training (Elementary) Detachment, 2154th Army Air Force Base Unit, Fletcher Field, Clarksdale, MS.
    Operated with markings: 139

    1946

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

    1946

    Spent most of its life in Minneapolis starting with its original purchase out of surplus in 1946 (for $510.00). The plane moved through a succession of Minnesota owners, then to Illinois, and finally to Pennsylvania.

    By August 1955

    To unknown owner with c/r N64097.

    20 August 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for N64097 (M-62C(PT-23A), 129) issued.

    To Greg Herrick, Minneapolis, MN keeping c/r N64097.

    10 October 1980

    To Paul E. Everly, MacKeyville, PA keeping c/r N64097.

    Markings Applied: 139, 49805

    25 May 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: at NAS Patuxent River Airshow

    1 September 1993

    To Yellowstone Aviation Inc, Jackson, WY keeping c/r N64097.

    From By 1997 to After 2007

    Based at Golden Wings Museum, Anoka County Airport, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN.
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    5 September 2009


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

    May 2016


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

    17 November 2020

    To Yellowstone Aviation Inc, Jackson, WY keeping c/r N64097.
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    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Golden Wings Flying Museum
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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