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    Airframe Family: Stinson L-5/OY/U-19 Sentinel / O-62
    Latest Model:L-5 Sentinel
    Last Military Serial:42-98633 USAAF
    Construction Number:76-0874
    Last Civil Registration:N198RB
    Compressed ID:Stinson L-5 sn 42-98633 USAAF cn 76...
    Latest Owner or Location:Clancy H. Flanagan, Chowchilla, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1942

    Constructed as a L-5.
    Stinson L-5 4298633

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-98633.

    Transferred to 348th Base Unit, Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City, OK.

    14 July 1945

    Involved in an incident.
    Landing Accident at Will Rogers Field, OK - pilot- Edward W. Henke.

    Transferred to 2151st Air Rescue Unit, Selfridge AFB, Mount Clemens, MI.

    10 January 1949

    Involved in an incident.
    MI. Substantially damaged in a forced landing after engine failure at New Baltimore Airport, MI.

    Transferred to 2151st Air Rescue Flight, Lowry AFB, Denver, CO.

    10 July 1949

    Involved in an incident.
    Substantially damaged in a mid-air collision 10-15 miles west of Topeka, KS.

    By 1963

    To Civil Air Patrol, Cal WG, San Francisco, CA with new c/r N6085C.

    By 1971

    To Robert G. Bittner, Northridge, CA keeping c/r N6085C.

    By 1978

    To Stephen W. Condos, Thousand Oaks, CA keeping c/r N6085C.

    From 5 February 1988 to 24 July 1997

    To Glen and Elizabeth Gordon, BC. Canada with new c/r CF-CLV.
    Operated with markings: Guinea Short Airlines


    Photographer: Dennis Cardy Collection

    4 August 1997

    To Ronald D. Paliughi, Fresno, CA with new c/r N198RB.

    19 September 1997

    Certificate of airworthiness for N198RB (L-5, 4298633) issued.

    17 August 1999

    To Ronald D. Paliughi, Fresno, CA keeping c/r N198RB.


    Photographer: William T Larkins

    31 January 2019

    To Clancy H. Flanagan, Chowchilla, CA keeping c/r N198RB.


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