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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:43206 USN
    Construction Number:75-8300
    Last Civil Registration:N1654M
    Compressed ID:Boeing N2S-5 sn 43206 USN cn 75-830...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wallis Aircraft Incorporated, Clifford Township, PA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a PT-13D by Boeing.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-109267.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 43206 as a N2S-5.

    By 1948

    To Luis Nuta, Miami Springs, FL with new c/r N1654M.

    1949


    Photographer: Miami Springs Historical Society

    Circa 1950


    Photographer: Larry Johnson Collection
    Notes: Probably shot in the late 1940s or early 1950s. It was painted all yellow while at the Sunny South Airport, Miami, FL.

    By 1963

    To Ralph I Angell, Blooming Prarie, MN keeping c/r N1654M.

    By 1978

    To Ralph I. Angell, Austin, TX keeping c/r N1654M.

    Circa 1986


    Photographer: Dennis Angell
    Notes: Mower County Minnesota

    Circa 1990


    Photographer: Dennis Angell
    Notes: Mower County, Minnesota

    10 February 1996

    To Lawrence R. Crawford, Aldie, VA keeping c/r N1654M.

    18 April 1997

    To Lawrence R. Crawford, Vienna, VA keeping c/r N1654M.

    24 March 2000

    Certificate of airworthiness for N1654M (E75, 75-8300) issued.

    9 March 2007

    To Smith Aviation Llc, Springer, OK keeping c/r N1654M.

    27 September 2018

    To Smith Aviation Llc, Springer, OK keeping c/r N1654M.
    Markings added: 536/36
    US Navy titles.

    January 2019


    Photographer: Linda Brewer

    30 July 2020

    To Wallis Aircraft Incorporated, Clifford Township, PA keeping c/r N1654M.

    6 May 2023

    To unknown owner with c/r N1654M.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Monticello, MN.

    3 February 2024

    To unknown owner with c/r N1654M.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Monticello, MN.
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