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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:50-1327 US
    Construction Number:21001
    Compressed ID:Cessna O-1A sn 50-1327 US cn 21001
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

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

    18 December 1950

    Accepted from Cessna by USAF for transfer to Army.

    26 December 1950

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 50-1327.
    First L-19 delivered to the Army.

    26 December 1950

    Transferred to Fort Mason, San Francisco Port of Embarkation, CA.

    1951

    Transported by ship.
    Moved from the United States to Japan.

    1951

    Reassembled.
    Assembled in Japan.

    1951

    Transferred to 8th Army, Korea.
    Was one of the first L-19s delivered to Korea.

    June 1952

    Used by the Republic of Korea forces for training flights.

    December 1952

    This aircraft transported President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower on his inspection trip to Korea.

    Jack Benny and actress Marilyn Monroe both used this plane during their USO trips in Korea.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as O-1A.

    By 31 December 1969

    To United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, AL.
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    22 December 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
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    The Golden Age of Aviation
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    USAF SIG
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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