Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: Fairchild M62 / PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 Cornell
    Latest Model:PT-19A Cornell
    Last Military Serial:41-20388 USAAF
    Construction Number:T42-1394
    Last Civil Registration:N55406
    Compressed ID:Fairchild PT-19A sn 41-20388 USAAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Kappler Christian, Fayetteville, WV

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-19A.

    24 January 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-20388.

    30 January 1942

    Transferred to 310th Elementary Flying Training Detachment, 31st Flying Training Wing, AAF Flying Training Command, Oklahoma Air College, Cimarron Field, OK.
    Operated with markings: 64, ED

    21 July 1942

    Damaged.
    Landing accident with ground loop, pilot Robert L. Greer.

    July 1944

    Transferred to 2533rd Army Air Force Base Unit, AAF Training Command Goodfellow Army Air Field, San Angelo, TX.

    6 October 1944

    Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Helena, AR.

    1944

    To unknown owner with c/r N55406.
    Purchased as surplus for $770.

    1 December 1966

    To Roy C. Voeller, Norwalk, CO keeping c/r N55406.

    24 March 1970

    Certificate of airworthiness for N55406 (M-62A-4, T42-1394) issued.

    26 July 1994

    To Greg Herrick, Yellowstone Aviation Inc, Jackson, WY keeping c/r N55406.

    By August 1998

    Placed on display with Golden Wings Museum, Anoka County Airport, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN.
    View the Location Dossier

    15 April 2008

    To Yellowstone Aviation Inc, Jackson, WY keeping c/r N55406.

    Markings Applied: 64, ED

    5 September 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Antique Airfield, Blakesburg, IA

    May 2016


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Blakesburg, Iowa

    14 May 2020

    To Yellowstone Aviation Inc, Jackson, WY keeping c/r N55406.

    13 June 2025

    To Kappler Christian, Fayetteville, WV keeping c/r N55406.
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    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 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    AMCAR
    Aviation Archaeology
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Golden Wings Flying Museum
    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=10738][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - Fairchild PT-19A Cornell, s/n 41-20388 USAAF, c/n T42-1394, c/r N55406[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=10738
    Copyright 1993-2025 ww.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.