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    Airframe Family: Noorduyn Norseman
    Latest Model:TC-64A Norseman
    Last Military Serial:44-70296 USAAF
    Construction Number:561
    Last Civil Registration:N57WS
    Compressed ID:Noorduyn TC-64A sn 44-70296 USAAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    By July 1944

    Constructed as an UC-64A.

    10 July 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-70296.

    10 July 1944

    Ferry flight. Delivered to 3rd Ferrying Group, Romulus, MI.
    For modification.

    15 July 1944

    Transferred to 2122nd AAF Base Unit (Basic Pilot School, Air Training Command), Greenwood AAF, MS.

    October 1944

    Transferred to 20th AAF Base Unit, Fighter Combat Crew Training Station, 1st Air Force, Richmond, VA.

    20 October 1944

    Involved in an incident.
    Forced landing with engine failure at Roanoke, VA.

    Transferred to Shaw Field, SC.

    Transferred to 2143rd AAF Base Unit, (Pilot School, ATC), Tuskagee AAF, AL.

    Redesignated as TC-64A.

    25 February 1946

    Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corp, Bush Field, Augusta, GA.

    Circa 1946

    To H. W. Harbican, Whitehaven, TN with new c/r NC55860.

    19 May 1958

    To C-K Foods, Winnepeg, MB keeping c/r NC55860.

    23 May 1958

    To John D. Jenswold, Duluth, MN with new c/r N55860.
    Mr. Jenswold was the president of C-K Foods at the time.

    6 June 1958

    To C-K Foods/John D. Jenswold, Winnipeg, MB with new c/r CF-KVB.

    11 September 1959

    To Northland Wild Rice, Winnepeg, MB keeping c/r CF-KVB.

    14 June 1960

    To Northland Airlines, Winnepeg, MB keeping c/r CF-KVB.

    3 April 1961

    To Saskatchewan Government Airways, Prince Albert, SK keeping c/r CF-KVB.

    11 June 1962

    To Northland Airlines, Winnepeg, MB keeping c/r CF-KVB.

    28 August 1962

    To Chiupka Airways, Lynn Lake, MB keeping c/r CF-KVB.

    9 October 1962

    Involved in an incident.
    Damaged by fire at the dock in Lynn Lake.

    21 June 1965

    To Barney Lamm (Ontario Central Airlines), Kenora, ON keeping c/r CF-KVB.
    Purchased from the insurance company who had possession after the fire damage.

    1969

    Restoration completed.

    8 June 1969

    To Ontario Central Airways, Kenora, ON keeping c/r CF-KVB.

    15 March 1979

    To Austin Airways, Toronto, ON keeping c/r CF-KVB.

    16 April 1979

    To Wayne Sturman, Titusville, FL keeping c/r CF-KVB.

    9 July 1979


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1979 photo at Space Coast Regional Florida - of a Fairchild (Noorduyn) UC-64A Norseman

    26 January 1980

    To Robert Edba Parcell, Texas Aero Sport, Fort Worth, TX with new c/r N57WS.

    March 1981

    Ferry flight. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    Donated to the museum by Mr. Parcell.
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    31 March 1983

    Civil registration, N57WS, cancelled.

    Markings Applied: 470534
    Marked as 44-70534 at it appeared in 1946 with Air Transport Command in Alaska.

    5 June 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield


    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Norseman History by Don Magnusson amp; Roy Dishlevoy
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield

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