N2S-3 Stearman

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Military History

The Stearman Model 75, commonly known as simply "a Stearman", is the basic military trainer biplane introduced in the 1930's and manufactured by Boeing. It served as the basic trainer for the USAAC and the USN during World War II. The Army referred to it as a "PT", The Navy as an "N2S", and the Canadians as a "Kaydet". More than 10,000 were built by the end of 1945.

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N2S-3 - S/N 75-4924

The known history of the Warbird Heritage Foundation N2S-3 is listed below. If you have any other information relating to the history of this specific aircraft, and wish to provide it to us free of charge, please see the 'Contact Us' page for information on how to reach us.

1943 February Manufactured - delivered to Navy as N2S-4
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1947 Acquired out of military surplus
Converted to Crop Duster - Georgia
1952 Crop Duster - Alabama
1964 Crop Duster - Mississippi
1972 Civilian Ownership - Tennessee
Converted from Crop Duster back to
Civilian 2 cockpit configuration
1994 Civilian Ownership - Wisconsin
Restored to original Navy N2S-3 configuration
"Ground Up" restoration
1995 Won SRA "Best N2S" Award at Galesburg
2000 November Warbird Heritage Foundation