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Thanks Richard, I have the same info regarding the AAC serial number of 41-18875 and that it never did receive AAC colors. If #9 was NC28654, and #11 was likely 655, what was the registration on #10? Were these planes no necessarily sequentially registered? My letter from the Smithsonian also says this: "As a matter if interest, one other ERCO 415 was apparently evaluated at Wright Field, Ohio (NX-15692) but this aircraft was apparently not acquired by the USAAC. It was a rather common practice in the Pre-WW2 period for manufacturers to offer their new designs to the officials at Wright Field for semi-official "evaluation" at the manufacturer's expense, and this was almost certainly such an instance." Does anyone know anything about this airframe? (NX-15692) Mike Dean -----Original Message----- In regard to your question about YO-15 (NC28655), I have only been able to confirm some of the details. NC28655 had the AAC serial number of 41-18875 and was taken into service at Wright (Wright-Patterson) on 2/26/41. The aircraft was flown to March field and return to Wright (confirmed by JPL). It was transferred to "class 26" (non-flying, training status) on 10/6/41. The ACC records show it had 182.6 hours of ACC use when it was transferred to class 26. It is interesting to note that the ACC records do not show it being transferred to March at any time. I assume it was on loan to March. Unconfirmed: Some say it was serial number 11 which would have been a 1940. I have a request in now to verify its serial number. Serial number 9 was N28654, #'s 10, 12, 13 are accounted for and belonged to the CAA (FAA). Serial number 14 has not been identified. It seems very likely that serial number 11 carried 28655. I would assume since it was still in civilian colors in August that it was never painted AAC colors. The other two AAC Coupes (PQ-13) are a bigger question. They are said to be serial numbers 110 and 111, but some of the story is not clear. I am again waiting on verification on their serial numbers. Richard N99904 www27.brinkster.com/n99904 ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiLm.aVzvvT Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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