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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:42-16625 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-4788
    Last Civil Registration:N61776
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 42-16625 USAAF cn 7...
    Latest Owner or Location:Alan A. Gillis, Richmond, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    1943

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-16625.

    1943

    Transferred to 74th AAF Flying Training Detachment, McBride, MO.

    17 August 1943

    Damaged.
    Damaged in taxi accident.

    By 1964

    To Allen M. Russell, Pecos, TX with new c/r N61776.

    From By 1971 to After 1978

    To AMOCO Inc, Chickasha, OH keeping c/r N61776.

    27 February 1990

    To Robert C. Vajdos DBA Jr, Louise, TX keeping c/r N61776.

    By 2003

    To Michael L. Hall, Houston, TX keeping c/r N61776.

    5 October 2003


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Wharton, TX. 2003-10-05

    2005


    Photographer: Roger Ritter
    Notes: At South West Regional Fly-IN

    18 October 2007

    To Mark J. Allen, Pearland, TX keeping c/r N61776.

    11 September 2018

    To Mark J. Allen, Pearland, TX keeping c/r N61776.

    14 May 2021

    To Ross H. Wood, Stuttgart, AR keeping c/r N61776.

    7 September 2021


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Galesburg, IL

    7 September 2023


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Geneseo, IL.

    7 September 2023


    Photographer: G.R.Dennis Price
    Notes: National Stearman Fly-out, Gen-Airpark [3G8], Geneseo, IL

    27 November 2023

    To Flatt Flying Llc, Paragould, AR keeping c/r N61776.

    27 December 2023

    To Alan A. Gillis, Richmond, TX keeping c/r N61776.
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