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    Airframe Family: Northrop BT-1 / BT-2 / Douglas SBD/A-24
    Latest Model:SBD-4 Dauntless
    Last Military Serial:10575 USN
    Construction Number:2565
    Compressed ID:Douglas SBD-4 sn 10575 USN cn 2565
    Latest Owner or Location:Concourse A, Chicago Midway Airport, Chicago, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a SBD-4 by Douglas.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 10575.

    14 September 1944

    Crashed.
    Ditched in Lake Michigan after takeoff from USS Sable, aircraft sank.

    April 1989

    Aircraft located on lake bottom by A (and) T Recovery Inc, Chicago.

    26 August 1991

    Recovered.
    Recovered by A (and) T Recovery.

    1991

    In the inventory of National Naval Aviation Museum-Loan Program, NAS Pensacola, Pensacola, FL.
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    From 1991 to 1996

    Restored.
    Restored at Jacksonville, FL as an A-24 for the National Museum of the USAF.

    By July 1996

    Loaned to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Circa 1996

    Markings Applied: 115786
    Marked as A-24 41-15786 which crash-landed on Java on February 20, 1942.

    13 August 1998


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    13 August 1998


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    This aircraft was replaced by an actual A-24B, 42-54582, with the same markings, in 2004.

    By June 2004

    Markings Applied: B3
    Repainted in US Navy colors.

    August 2004

    Loaned to Concourse A, Chicago Midway Airport, Chicago, IL.
    Hanging in the airport terminal.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerodata Quantum+
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbird Information Exchange by Scott Rose
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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