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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:43399 USN
    Construction Number:75-8493
    Last Civil Registration:N52127
    Compressed ID:Boeing N2S-5 sn 43399 USN cn 75-849...
    Latest Owner or Location:M and M Aviation Llc, Memphis, TN

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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 42-109460.
    Not TOS: diverted directly to the Navy.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 43399 as a N2S-5.

    By 1971

    To Marl Comer, Orlando, FL with new c/r N52127.

    22 August 1986

    Certificate of airworthiness for N52127 (E75, 75-8493) issued.

    From 3 February 1987 to After 1999

    To James J. Burke Jr, Birmingham, AL keeping c/r N52127.

    3 July 2002

    To Stephen L. Gipson, Memphis, TN keeping c/r N52127.

    5 September 2003


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Galesburg, IL.

    25 August 2007

    To North American Restoration Co Llc, Memphis, TN keeping c/r N52127.

    15 January 2013

    To MM Aviation Llc, Memphis, TN keeping c/r N52127.

    Markings Applied: 344
    US Navy.

    July 2016


    Photographer: Ultimate Aircraft Services LLC

    31 July 2016


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI

    13 August 2021

    To M and M Aviation Llc, Memphis, TN keeping c/r N52127.
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