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    Airframe Family: Stearman Kaydet / Boeing 75/76/90/91 / X-90 / X-91 / XBT-17
    Latest Model:PT-17 Kaydet
    Last Military Serial:41-7927 USAAF
    Construction Number:75-1486
    Last Civil Registration:N532WW
    Compressed ID:Boeing PT-17 sn 41-7927 USAAF cn 75...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wayne Witt, Wood Dale, IL

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    Dates

    Event

    1941

    Constructed as a PT-17 by Boeing.

    1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 41-7927.

    1941

    Transferred to 64th Army Air Force Flight Training Detatchment, Camden, SC.

    20 June 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-7927.

    22 May 1942

    Damaged.
    Landing Accident at Bateman Field, SC, pilot Ralph C. Lakamp.

    24 March 1943

    Damaged.
    Damaged in mid-air collision at Camden, SC, pilot Raymond C. Seimers.

    By 1964

    To Grenada Air Service with new c/r N55070 (A75N1(PT17), 75-1486).

    By 1976

    To Michael J. Donovan, Orange, FL keeping c/r N55070.

    10 September 1982


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Galesburg, IL.

    By 22 July 1984

    To unknown owner with c/r N55070.

    22 July 1984

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Landings Airport (C49) Huntley, IL, United States while landing. The damage was substantial. The pilots of a Boeing A75, N55070, a vultee BT-13, N176VR, where in formation as they apchd their destination. When the saw the airport, they separated for separate landings lost sight of each other. Before landing, both flts flew over the airport noted the wind was nearly a 90 degree x-wind. There ws no unicom at the private strip...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    Markings Applied: 32, U.S. NAVY, N2S-3
    Painted as a Navy N2S-2.

    July 1985


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide photographed from the control tower at DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    3 December 1987

    To Michael E. Keenum, Palos Park, IL keeping c/r N55070.

    15 June 1993

    Certificate of airworthiness for N532WW (A75N1(PT17), 75-1486) issued.

    10 February 1998

    To Wayne Witt, Wood Dale, IL with new c/r N532WW.

    2 October 2009


    Photographer: Nick Dean
    Notes: 2009 photo at Galesburg Municipal IL - photo displayed with written permission of Nick Dean

    8 September 2010


    Photographer: David Miller
    Notes: At 2010 National Stearman Fly-In

    1 January 2015

    Certificate of airworthiness for N532WW (A75N1(PT17), 75-1486) issued.

    12 July 2016

    To Wayne Witt, Wood Dale, IL keeping c/r N532WW.

    4 September 2019


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In Galesburg, IL.

    6 September 2019


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Galesburg, IL Stearman Fly In


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