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    Airframe Family: Vultee BT-13/BT-15/SNV Valiant
    Latest Model:BT-13A Valiant
    Last Military Serial:41-21386 USAAF
    Construction Number:5225
    Last Civil Registration:N54841
    Compressed ID:Vultee BT-13A sn 41-21386 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:N54841 Llc, Granite Falls, MN

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1941

    Constructed as a BT-13A.
    Consolidated Vultee BT-13A 5225

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-21386.

    27 September 1952

    Certificate of airworthiness for N54841 (BT-13A, 5225) issued.

    1 June 1973

    To Hampton Joseph, Los Angeles, CA with new c/r N54841.

    18 June 1984

    To William R. Sterner, MacUngie, PA keeping c/r N54841.

    22 October 1992

    To Hampton Joseph, Los Angeles, CA keeping c/r N54841.
    Last CR action date noted here.

    28 July 1994

    To William R. Sterner, MacUngie, PA keeping c/r N54841.
    Last CR action date noted here.

    15 August 2006

    To William R. Sterner, Macungie, PA keeping c/r N54841.

    14 May 2008

    To Minnesota Airways Llc, Granite Falls, MN keeping c/r N54841.

    16 August 2012

    To N54841 Llc, Granite Falls, MN keeping c/r N54841.
    Markings added: 121386

    Based at Fagen Fighters WW2 Museum/Ron Fagen, Granite Falls, MN.
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    30 January 2019

    To N54841 Llc, Granite Falls, MN keeping c/r N54841.
    Markings added: 205

    8 May 2021


    Photographer: Mark Howard
    Notes: At the BT-13 Fly In at Sweetwater, Texas on May 8 2021
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