1944 Ryan PT-22 Recruit

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We are proud to offer to the market a stunning and extremely rare Ryan PT 22 Recruit.The Ryan PT-22 Recruit, the main military version of the Ryan ST, is a military trainer aircraft that was used by the United States Army Air Corps during WWII for primary pilot training.This particular PT 22 Recruit has been maintained and kept in excellent condition. The earlier PT-20 and PT-21 were the military production versions of the Ryan ST-3 of which a total of 100 were built. The PT-22 was the United States Army Air Corps first purpose-built monoplane trainer. The rapid expansion of wartime aircrew training required new trainers, and the Ryan PT-22 was ordered in large numbers. Named as the Recruit , it entered operational service with the U.S. Army Air Corps.The U.S. Navy ordered 100 examples. The PT series was in heavy use throughout the war years with both military and civil schools, but with the end of the war, was retired from the USAAF.Built by the Ryan Aeronautical Company and issued USAAF serial number 41-15647 with MSN 1676. It was delivered to USAAC at Cimarron AAF, Oklahoma 14th of Sep, 1944.To Canadian civil registry as CF-KTD.To US civil registry as N33618.Sold to a Frenchman living in Tahiti. Re-registered as F-AZNO after restoration. Re-imported into Europe in 2013.To England in