Aircraft Photo of 6978 | Vultee BT-13B Valiant | USA - Air Force

Aircraft
Registration / Serial:	"6978"
Military Code:	E-205
Aircraft Original Type:	Vultee BT-13 Valiant
Aircraft Generic Type:	Vultee BT-13/BT-15/SNV Valiant
Aircraft Version:	Vultee BT-13B Valiant
C/n (msn):	79-451
Operator Titles:	USA - Air Force

Location
City / Airport:	Atwater - CastleMap
Region / Country:	California, United States
Airport Codes:	ICAO: KMER IATA: MER Local: MER Other: -
Collection:	Castle Air Museum

Photo Date:	22 September 2010
Photo by:	Aad van der Voet
Photo ID:	285704

Photo Comment
Ex USAAF 42-89678. On 12 Nov 1959 this Valiant was registered to Larry Trapp (Winamac, IN) as N63952, and cancelled on 2 May 1974. It was transferred to the United States Air Force Museum and loaned to the Castle Air Museum In the early 1980s. In 1959 this aircraft was incorrectly registered as c/n 6978, which is also the fake serial carried on the tail in this photo. This number is strikingly similar to the last four digits of its former USAAF serial, and it may in fact be the result of a clerical error, made in 1959. This photo is copyright © Aad van der Voet, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 4 October 2020, and has since been viewed 374 times.

Photo Comment

Ex USAAF 42-89678. On 12 Nov 1959 this Valiant was registered to Larry Trapp (Winamac, IN) as N63952, and cancelled on 2 May 1974. It was transferred to the United States Air Force Museum and loaned to the Castle Air Museum In the early 1980s.
In 1959 this aircraft was incorrectly registered as c/n 6978, which is also the fake serial carried on the tail in this photo. This number is strikingly similar to the last four digits of its former USAAF serial, and it may in fact be the result of a clerical error, made in 1959.

It was added on 4 October 2020, and has since been viewed 374 times.

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