AT-6F TEXAN/44-81920

Serial #: 44-81920
Construction #: 121-42642
Civil Registration:
NC10490
N10490
N244GR
N163TX
Construction #: 121-42642
Civil Registration:
NC10490
N10490
N244GR
N163TX
Model(s):
AT-6F-NT Texan
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2025
AT-6F-NT Texan
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2025
History:
Manufactured by North American Aviation, Dallas TX. 1945.
Delivered to the United States Army Air Force as 44-81920.
- BOC: March 28, 1945.
- SOC: September 1954.
- Accepted at Brownsville AAF, TX, March 1945.
- Transferred to 15th Air Base Squadron (Sixth Air Force), Howard Field, Panama, April 1945.
- Transferred to 582nd Air Service Group (Caribbean Air Command), Howard AFB, September 1946.
Redesignated as T-6F.
- Transferred to 5605th Air Base Group (CAC), Howard AFB, July 1948.
- Transferred to 23rd Fighter Group (CAC), Howard AFB, May 1949.
- Transferred to 5601st Air Base Squadron (CAC), Howard AFB, September 1949
- Transferred to San Antonio Air Materiel Area, Kelly AFB TX, October 1949.
Stored.
- Dropped from inventory as surplus, September 1954.
Private Owner, 1948.
- Registered as NC10490.
J. S. Staedtler Inc, Hackensack, NJ, 1963-1972.
- Registered as N10490.
Raymond J. Urmston, Kinnelon, NJ, 1976-2005.
- Flew in a USAF scheme as "481920/TA-920”.
Gordon Richardson, Caldwell, TX, August 9, 2005-2006.
Gordon B. Richardson, Caldwell, TX, June 16, 2006-2009.
- Registered as N244GR
Texan Three LLC, Council Bluffs, IA, September 19, 2012-2013.
Texan Three LLC, Elkhorn, NE, May 17, 2013-2022.
- Registered as N163TX.
Manufactured by North American Aviation, Dallas TX. 1945.
Delivered to the United States Army Air Force as 44-81920.
- BOC: March 28, 1945.
- SOC: September 1954.
- Accepted at Brownsville AAF, TX, March 1945.
- Transferred to 15th Air Base Squadron (Sixth Air Force), Howard Field, Panama, April 1945.
- Transferred to 582nd Air Service Group (Caribbean Air Command), Howard AFB, September 1946.
Redesignated as T-6F.
- Transferred to 5605th Air Base Group (CAC), Howard AFB, July 1948.
- Transferred to 23rd Fighter Group (CAC), Howard AFB, May 1949.
- Transferred to 5601st Air Base Squadron (CAC), Howard AFB, September 1949
- Transferred to San Antonio Air Materiel Area, Kelly AFB TX, October 1949.
Stored.
- Dropped from inventory as surplus, September 1954.
Private Owner, 1948.
- Registered as NC10490.
J. S. Staedtler Inc, Hackensack, NJ, 1963-1972.
- Registered as N10490.
Raymond J. Urmston, Kinnelon, NJ, 1976-2005.
- Flew in a USAF scheme as "481920/TA-920”.
Gordon Richardson, Caldwell, TX, August 9, 2005-2006.
Gordon B. Richardson, Caldwell, TX, June 16, 2006-2009.
- Registered as N244GR
Texan Three LLC, Council Bluffs, IA, September 19, 2012-2013.
Texan Three LLC, Elkhorn, NE, May 17, 2013-2022.
- Registered as N163TX.

Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Flightaware.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2023.
Flightaware.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page.
Photo Source(s):
Bill Kistler
Andrew Ochello
Research Assistance:
Gordon Richardson
Bill Kistler
Andrew Ochello
Research Assistance:
Gordon Richardson