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    Airframe Family: Stinson L-5/OY/U-19 Sentinel / O-62
    Latest Model:L-5B Sentinel
    Last Military Serial:44-17184 USAAF
    Last Civil Registration:N2470
    Compressed ID:Stinson L-5B sn 44-17184 USAAF cr N...
    Latest Owner or Location:N2470 Llc, Granite Falls, MN

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a L-5B.

    23 December 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-17184.

    19 February 1945

    Transferred to 9th Air Force, United Kingdom.
    Delivered to the 9th and added to the aircraft pool waiting assignment.

    April 1945

    Transferred to Army Ground Forces.

    12 July 1957

    Certificate of airworthiness for N2470 (L-5B, 44-17184) issued.

    19 November 1997

    To Scott Aircraft Sales Inc, Inver Grove HGHTS, MN with new c/r N2470.

    29 April 2004

    To Leonard John, El Paso, TX keeping c/r N2470.

    1 January 2012

    Certificate of airworthiness for N2470 (L-5B, 44-17184) issued.

    10 March 2017

    Civil registration, N2470, cancelled.

    To Fagen Fighters WW2 Museum/Ron Fagen, Granite Falls, MN.
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    From 2017 to 2022

    Restored.
    The work was carried out by MDAero.

    17 October 2022

    To N2470 Llc, Granite Falls, MN with new c/r N2470.

    26 July 2023


    Photographer: David Rickwood
    Notes: Seen during EAA2023 at Oshkosh

    29 November 2023


    Photographer: Max Sabin


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