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    Airframe Family: North American O-47
    Latest Model:O-47A
    Last Military Serial:37-0279 USAAF
    Construction Number:25-222
    Compressed ID:NA O-47A sn 37-0279 USAAF cn 25-222...
    Latest Owner or Location:Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, Maryland

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an O-47A.

    1938

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 37-0279.

    20 June 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 37-0279.

    By 1946

    Transferred to U. S Aircraft Section, Air Materiel Command, Freeman Field, Seymore, IN.
    Set aside for proposed USAAF aviation museum.

    1946

    Ferry flight. Delivered to 803rd Special Depot, Orchard Place Airport, Park Ridge, IL.
    Placed in aircraft storage area.

    From 1965 to After 2020

    To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, MD.
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    10 September 1980


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Suitland, Maryland

    10 June 1991


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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