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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-13D Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:42-17538 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-5701
    Last Civil Registration:N68827
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-13D sn 42-17538 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Gold Cap Llc, Bremerton, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    1942

    Constructed as a PT-13D by Boeing.

    By 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-17538.

    By March 1945

    Transferred to 3043rd Army Air Force Base Unit, War Eagle Field, CA.

    5 March 1945

    Damaged.
    Damaged in landing accident at War Eagle Field.

    1964

    To Nevada Crop Dusters, Reno, NV with new c/r N68827.

    15 October 1990

    To Larry Lujan DBA, Salinas, CA keeping c/r N68827.

    16 April 1999

    To Ken Horwitz, Vashon, WA keeping c/r N68827.

    16 November 2001

    To Gold Cap Llc, Seattle, WA keeping c/r N68827.

    27 September 2006


    Photographer: Nick Dean
    Notes: 2006 photo taken at Boeing Field, Seattle. Photo displayed with written permission of Nick Dean

    20 June 2016

    To Gold Cap Llc, Bremerton, WA keeping c/r N68827.

    7 September 2021


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Galesburg, IL
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