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    Airframe Family: Cessna 170 / 305 / L-19 / O-1 / OE / 325 / SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019
    Latest Model:O-1A Bird Dog
    Last Military Serial:11096 JASDF
    Construction Number:21290
    Last Civil Registration:N305AB
    Compressed ID:Cessna O-1A sn 11096 JASDF cn 21290...
    Latest Owner or Location:L-19 Briddog Llc, Huntington, IN

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    Dates

    Event

    29 March 1951

    Constructed as a L-19A-CE by Cessna at Wichita, Kansas, USA.

    7 April 1951

    Accepted by USAF for transfer to Army.

    21 April 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 50-1597.
    The delivery date is provided.

    21 April 1951

    Transferred to US Army, Fort Mason, San Francisco Port of Embarkation, CA.
    For shipment to Japan.

    29 April 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Republic of Korea Army with s/n 50-1597.
    Military Assistance Program.

    From 29 April 1951 to 1954

    Transferred to Korean 24th Infantry.

    1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Japanese Air Self Defense Force with s/n 11096 and operated with these markings: JG-1096.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as O-1A.

    1973

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Japanese Air Self Defense Force.

    From 1973 to 1995

    To Milwaukee Technical College.

    To unknown owner with c/r N305AB.

    15 November 1996

    To Thomas R. Busse, Waterford, WI keeping c/r N305AB.

    12 March 1997

    Certificate of airworthiness for N305AB (305A, 21290) issued.

    16 November 1999

    To Thomas R. Busse, Oak Creek, WI keeping c/r N305AB.

    To Batten Airport (KRAC) (south side), Racine, WI.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: JG-1096, V

    23 July 2005


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Keokuk, IA

    27 July 2009


    Photographer: Todd Royer

    1 January 2012

    Certificate of airworthiness for N305AB (305A, 21290) issued.

    23 July 2017


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: At 2017 EAA AirVenture at Oshkosh

    5 June 2021

    To L-19 Briddog Llc, Huntington, IN keeping c/r N305AB.
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher
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