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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:N2S-5 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:43231 USN
    Construction Number:75-8325
    Last Civil Registration:N1344M
    Compressed ID:Boeing N2S-5 sn 43231 USN cn 75-832...
    Latest Owner or Location:Lawrence F. Johnson, Colville, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a N2S-5 by Boeing.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 43231.

    To Columbia Aero Club, Owens Field Columbia, SC (KCUB) with new c/r NC1344M.


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: At Owens Field Columbia, SC (KCUB)

    From By 1958 to After 1964

    To Ueding Flying Services, Vincennes, ID with new c/r N1344M.

    30 June 1958

    Certificate of airworthiness for NR1344M (E75, 758325) issued.

    From 26 May 1960 to 13 June 1960

    In the 1960 New Brunswick Budworm Spraying Season - was based at Taxes (near Boiestown). Number#23.

    By 1978

    To Keith H. McDonald, Ashland, ME keeping c/r N1344M.

    31 July 1982

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at Hamlin, ME, United States while climbing. The damage was substantial. The pilot departed a private strip with 150 gallons of water mixed with fungicide and insecticide. After takeoff, he turned and began climbing over rising terrain. The terrain sloped upward from a river, rising about 400 feet. The pilot reported that he failed to out-climb the terrain. The aircraft settled in a potatoe field near the top of the ridge and overturned...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    23 March 1985

    To David S. Reidy, West Islip, NE keeping c/r N1344M.

    November 1991


    Photographer: David Reidy
    Notes: After the crash in 1982.

    15 February 1995

    To Lawrence F. Johnson, Colville, WA keeping c/r N1344M.

    7 February 2020

    To Lawrence F. Johnson, Colville, WA keeping c/r N1344M.
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