This 1939 built Cub has probably no military history. ZP-32 (Airship Squadron 32) was stationed at NAS Moffett Field after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The serial on the cowling is derived from the civil registration. 26053 was assigned to a Hellcat, that was transferred to the British Fleet Air Arm as FN400.

ex NC42013, USAAF 43-2914, NC46448, N46448, HB-OWX, OE-ABF, D-ELSU, (OY-ANK)

Displayed at the Austin E. Knowlton Executive Terminal & Aviation Learning Center at KOSU, which opened in January of 2019. This Cub is a genuine piece of local aviation history; she was bought by Northway Flying Service in 1940, and served as a trainer during WW2, flying out of Norton Field, Columbus' first airport. Postwar, bought by Harley Snook, and flown from his grass field, Snook Airport in nearby Reynoldsburg. Restored by Mr. Snook and a former student of his from 1992 to 1995. Donated to OSU by Mr. Donald Peters, a former TWA pilot, and placed on display in January 2019.

ex NC42013, USAAF 43-2914, NC46448, N46448, HB-OWX, OE-ABF, D-ELSU, (OY-ANK)

W Leo Schuth, in suit, started Valley Flying Service in 1939. After Pearl Harbor he became the commander of the local CAP unit. Schuth and a trainee pilot, the son of one of his mechanics, lost their lives in a Luscombe crash on 7 April 1944. The airfield became Pine Valley Airpark in 1948 and later the USAF Academy Airfield. The Cub was deregistered on 18 August 1948. Photo from: Pikes Peak Library District

The first of the 'Flitfire' Cubs built to raise money for the RAF Benevolent Fund, NC1776 was donated by the Piper factory. This unnamed aircraft had a special N number and was fitted with spats. It is preserved at the North Carolina Aviation Museum in Asheboro. Photo by: Hans Groenhoff / Smithsonian Institution

Manufactured in 1946

Beautifully restored yellow Cub just prior to touchdown on Kentmorr's grass runway