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    Airframe Family: Cessna 170 / 305 / L-19 / O-1 / OE / 325 / SIAI-Marchetti SM.1019
    Latest Model:O-1F Bird Dog
    Last Military Serial:51-4591 RTA
    Construction Number:21416
    Last Civil Registration:VH-OIE
    Compressed ID:Cessna O-1F sn 51-4591 RTA cn 21416...
    Latest Owner or Location:RAAF Museum, RAAF Williams, Point Cook, VIC

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    Dates

    Event

    1 January 1951

    Constructed as an O-1F.

    Circa 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-4591.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Thai Air Force with s/n 51-4591.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Thai Army with s/n 51-4591.

    7 September 1976

    To RAAF Museum, RAAF Williams, Point Cook, VIC with new c/r VH-OIE.

    Based at Royal Australian Air Force Museum, RAAF Point Cook, Melborne, Victoria.
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    24 March 1992

    To RAAF Museum, RAAF Base Williams, Point Cook, VIC keeping c/r VH-OIE.

    By June 2000


    Photographer: Unknown

    28 June 2004

    To RAAF Museum, RAAF Williams, Point Cook, VIC keeping c/r VH-OIE.

    Markings Applied: 0-14591

    March 2015


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: At RAAF Museum, Point Cook, Victoria

    9 July 2020

    Civil registration, VH-OIE, cancelled.
    Withdrawn from use.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     AMCAR
    Australian Government, Civil Aviation Safety Authority
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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