The museum acquired this O-47B in 1978 from Loren L. Florey Jr., of Eden Prairie, Minn. The 179th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Ohio Air National Guard, Mansfield, Ohio, restored the aircraft in the markings of an O-47A of the 112th Observation Squadron of the Ohio National Guard.
North American
O-47B
In 1934 North American Aviation developed the O-47 to replace the earlier O-19 and O-38 observation biplanes. The Army ordered 74 O-47Bs In 1938. They had a redesigned engine cowling for better cooling, a more powerful engine, and improved radio equipment over the original O-47.