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04/30/2008. This aircraft was built in 1944 as a L-5E under the USAAF s/n 44-18071, but was accepted by the USN at the plant for the USMC and designated as OY-1 it was given the BuNo. 03977. Struck off charge it came on the Canadian civil registry as CF-IIM, from the early eighties it was registered to the following owners in British Columbia: Malcolm Smith, Chilliwack, till May 27, 1982 Quentin Washtock, Tsawwassen, August 3, 1982 to January 22, 1991 G. & J-L. Boucher, Vancouver, January 22, 1991 to May 31, 1995 Flightline Aviation, Sidney, January 28, 2000 to October 20, 2000 Douglas Moore, Port Alberni, October 20, 2000 to April 5, 2002. In May 2002 it was registered in the USA as N8071, and the present owner, Paul Draper states: "There was an FAA paperwork mistake that had her listed as N3977 and N39777 (N3977 was assigned to my aircraft, but the FAA then realized that it was already on a Hot Air Ballon). I often see it quoted as N39777, but I don't know why, I don't have any paperwork proving that it was ever registered as that. We still aren't positive on the c/n, but we know it isn't 3977 as this was an FAA mix-up due to the original bill of sale from the Navy listing it's serial number. She is still alive and well and patrolling the skies over Michigan for fun, in a colour scheme recreating how she looked back in 1945 when serving with the USMC."