FAIRCHILD PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 CORNELL
PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 SERVICE
| Manufacturer: | The Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp., Aircraft Division, Hagerstown, Maryland, USA |
| Model: | M-62 |
| Designations: | PT-19; PT-23; PT-26; T-19 |
| Name: | Cornell |
| First official flight: | (Model M-62) 1938 (PT-19) 1940 |
| Factory production period: | 1938 - 1944 |
| Primary service period: | 1940 - 1945 |
| Last official flight: | (T-19A) ? |
PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 VARIANTS
| 1938 | Model M-62 | Model M-62 | 1 | |
| 1940 | Model M-62A | Model M-62A | 115 | Total: 0116 |
| 1940 | Model M-62A | PT-19 | 270 | |
| 1941 | Model M-62A | PT-19A | 3703 | |
| 1943 | Model M-62A | PT-19B | 917 | Total: 4890 |
| 1940 | Model M-62B | Model M-62B | 39 | |
| 1942 | Model M-62C | PT-23 | 776 | |
| 1942 | Model M-62C | PT-23A | 256 | Total: 1071 |
| 1942 | Model M-62A-3 | PT-26 | 670 | Total: 0670 |
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Grand Total: 6747 |
| ? |
Foreign built - Brazil: Model M-62A-FG |
Model M-62A-FG | 233 | Total: 0233 |
| ? |
Foreign built - Canada: Model M-62C |
PT-23 | 93 | |
| 1943 | Model M-62A-4 | PT-26A | 1307 | |
| 1944 | Model M-62A-4 | PT-26B | 250 | Total: 1650 |
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Grand Total: 1883 |
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GRAND TOTAL: 8630 |
PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 PRODUCTION
Civil Aircraft
Model M-62
Prototype single-engined, tandem
2-seater monoplane with enclosed
cockpit. Later modified with fuselage
changes and open cockpit, engine
upgrade.
Produced 1938
Fairchild Hagerstown, Maryland
| NX18689 (civil reg.) | ? | 1 | Total: 0001 |
Model M-62A
As Model M-62, production version.
Produced 1939 - 1940
Fairchild Hagerstown, Maryland
| civil reg. | ? | 115 | Total: 0115 |
Military Aircraft
PT-19
As Model M-62A, primary trainer
for USAAF, engine upgrade.
Produced 1939 - 1940
Fairchild Hagerstown, Maryland
| 40-2418 / 40-2687 | ? | 270 | Total: 0270 |
PT-19A
As PT-19, engine upgrade, minor
changes. 6 later upgraded to
PT-19B standard.
Redesignated as T-19A in 1948.
Produced
Fairchild Hagerstown, Maryland (FA)
| 41-040 / 41-139 | ? | ||
| 41-14600 / 41-15172 | ? | ||
| 41-20146 / 41-20590 | ? | ||
| 41-25197 / 41-25201 | ? | ||
| 42-2514 / 42-2961 | ? | ||
| 42-14708 / 42-14712 | ? | ||
| 42-33384 / 42-34418 | ? | ||
| 42-34420 / 42-34513 | ? | ||
| 42-83366 / 42-83662 | ? | ||
| 43-33665 / 43-33844 | ? | 3182 |
Aeronca Middletown, Ohio (AE)
| 42-47827 / 42-47834 | ? | ||
| 42-47978 / 42-48051 | ? | ||
| 42-65452 / 42-65551 | ? | ||
| 43-31363 / 43-31657 | ? | 477 |
St. Louis (Aircraft Corp.) St. Louis, Missouri (SL)
| 42-50027 / 42-50070 | ? | 44 | Total: 3703 |
PT-19B
As PT-19A, instrument trainer version.
6 also upgraded from PT-19A.
Produced
Fairchild Hagerstown, Maryland (FA)
| 42-34419 | ? | ||
| 42-34514 / 42-34583 | ? | ||
| 42-82663 / 42-83365 | ? | 774 |
Aeronca Middletown, Ohio (AE)
| 42-47835 / 42-47977 | ? | 143 | Total: 0917 |
Model M-62B
As Model 62A, 6 US civil and 33 military
versions for Chile, radial engine.
Produced 1940
Fairchild Hagerstown, Maryland (FA)
| ? | ? | 39 | Total: 0039 |
PT-23
As XPT-23, production version.
Produced
Fairchild Hagerstown, Maryland (FA)
| 42-2962, 42-2963 | ? | 2 |
Aeronca Middletown, Ohio (AE)
| 42-47452 / 42-47826 | ? | 375 |
Howard St. Charles, Illinois (HO)
| 42-49077 / 42-49260 | ? | ||
| 42-49262 / 42-49276 | ? | 199 |
St. Louis (Aircraft Corp.) St. Louis, Missouri (SL)
| 42-49677 / 42-49876 | ? | 200 | Total: 0776 |
PT-23A
As PT-23, instrument trainer version.
Produced
Howard St. Charles, Illinois (HO)
| 42-49277 / 42-49426 | ? | 150 |
St. Louis (Aircraft Corp.) St. Louis, Missouri (SL)
| 42-49877 / 42-49982 | ? | 106 | Total: 0256 |
PT-26
As PT-19A, version for RCAF
with enclosed cockpit. Some
retained by USAAF.
Produced 1942 - 1944
Fairchild Hagerstown, Maryland (FA)
| 42-14299 / 42-14498 | ? | ||
| 42-15330 / 42-15529 | ? | ||
| 44-19288 / 44-19557 | ? | 670 | Total: 0670 |
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All delivered as Cornell Mk. I to RCAF: (RAF) FH651 / FH999 (RAF) FJ650 / FJ700 (RAF) EW341 / EW610 |
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Grand Total: 6747 |
Foreign built - Brazil:
Model M-62A-FG
As PT-19A, civil and military
version for Brazil.
Produced
Fabrica do Galeao, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
| ? | ? | 233 | Total: 0233 |
Foreign built - Canada:
PT-23
As Fairchild built PT-23.
Produced
Fleet Aircraft Ltd., Fort Erie,
Ontario, Canada (FE)
| 42-70864 / 42-70956 | ? | 93 | Total: 0093 |
PT-26A
As PT-26, engine upgrade.
Some retained by USAAF.
Produced 1943 - 1944
Fleet Aircraft Ltd., Fort Erie,
Ontario, Canada (FE)
| 42-65585 / 42-66001 | ? | ||
| 42-70957 / 42-71346 | ? | 807 | |
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All delivered as Cornell Mk. II to RCAF: (RAF) FV100 / FV516 (RAF) FT542 / FT831 (RAF) FW881 / FW980 |
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| Deliveries without previous USAAF s/n: | |||
| (RAF) FV517 / FV899 | ? | ||
| (RAF) FW981 / FW999 | ? | ||
| (RAF) FX100 / FX197 | ? | 500 | Total: 1307 |
PT-26B
As PT-26A, minor changes.
Some retained by USAAF.
Produced 1944
Fleet Aircraft Ltd., Fort Erie,
Ontario, Canada (FE)
| 43-36248 / 43-36497 | ? | 250 | Total: 0250 |
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All delivered as Cornell Mk. II to RCAF: (RAF) FZ198 / FZ427 (RAF) FZ699 / FZ718 |
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Grand Total: 1883 |
PT-19 / PT-23 / PT-26 CONVERSIONS
USAAF
| XPT-23 |
1 |
Model M-62C PT-19A(42-15172), 1942, prototype with radial engine upgrade. |
Foreign Conversion
| Cornell Mk. III |
1 |
Cornell Mk. II, RCAF prototype with radial engine upgrade. |
FOREIGN MILITARY / CIVILIAN SERVICE
- Many Cornell trainers in military service during and post World War II with
Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, England, Ecuador,
Mexico, Norway, Paraguay, The Philippines and South Africa.
- Many sold on the civil market as private aircraft and Warbirds etc.