Rainier Squadron Gig Harbor, Washington
Address:
Tacoma Industrial (KTIW)
1202 26th Ave NW
Hangar E13
Gig Harbor, Washington 98335
Contact number:
(206) 248-2887
Website:
http://www.cafrainier.org
AT-19 More Info
Stinson AT-19, serial number 77-333, was built in November 1944 as an AT-19-VW (under the designation Model V-77 of its parent company, Consolidated-Vultee Corporation) at the Stinson Aircraft factory in Wayne, Michigan (a Detroit suburb). Subsequently, the United States Government provided this AT-19, now carrying the U.S. Army Air Forces serial number 43-44046, to the United Kingdom under the Lend-Lease Program. The Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm assigned FB605 to this AT-19. After being ferried to Newark, New Jersey, disassembled and crated, FB605 was shipped to the East Indies via a transport/cargo ship (lashed atop the ship as “deck cargo”). FB605 was assigned to a Royal Navy Aircraft... ...The CAF has returned to the Puget Sound with a small, but growing, cadre of Colonels eager to secure an aircraft and share our important story of aviation history and preservation across the Northwest. Join the effort or follow us here and on Facebook as we represent the CAF at regional events.
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