byDavidMoore
T
hismaybetheoldestM37inexistence—the13thone
tobeproduced,tobeexact.A reviewoftheserialnumber
historyshowsthatit wasmanufacturedJanuary10,1951,
baseduponitsserialnumber,80006025.
AccordingtoTM9-1840C(ResearchDepartmentTechnical
Manual), M-37 serial numbers 80006001 through 80006006
were assigned to the pilot M37s. Serial numbers 80006007
through 80006009 weregiven tothethreeM43 pilots. Serial
numbers 80006010 and 80006011 werethefirsttwoproduction
pilotM37s,completedonDecember 14 and20,1950,respec-
tively.
Serial number reveals the 13th in production
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