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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-14/15/18 / B-34 / C-56 C-60 / PV / R5O
    Latest Model:L-18-50
    Last Military Serial:42-55884 USAAF
    Construction Number:18-2274
    Last Civil Registration:N30N
    Compressed ID:Lockheed L-18-50 sn 42-55884 USAAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    1942

    Constructed as a C-60A-1-LO.

    1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-55884.

    1945

    To unknown owner with c/r YS-22.

    Converted to a L-18-50.

    Used in airline service until early 1960s.

    Circa 1947

    To unknown owner with c/r NC66322.

    By 1962

    To unknown owner with c/r N66322.

    Converted to a L-18-50.

    12 January 1962

    Certificate of airworthiness for N66322 (18-50, 2274) issued.

    September 1971

    To Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX with new c/r N30N.
    Operated with markings: QA-V
    Marked as aircraft of 224 Squadron, RAF Coastal Command.

    6 October 1978


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: C-60 Lodestar 42-55884 of the Confederate Air Force as a Hudson of 224 Squadron at their 1978 Airshow at Harlingen, Texas.

    4 July 1981


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide photographed at Rockford, IL

    1982

    Markings changed from RAF Coastal Command Aircraft to USAAF aircraft.

    6 September 1991

    To American Airpower Heritage Fly Musm, Midland, TX keeping c/r N30N.

    June 1995


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at Roanoke Regional Airport, Roanoke, VA.

    To Commemorative Air Force-Old Dominion Squadron, Chesapeake, VA.
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    13 July 2002


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show, Geneseo, NY.

    13 July 2002


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show, Geneseo, NY.

    13 July 2002


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show, Geneseo, NY.

    10 May 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide photographed at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

    10 May 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: 35mm slide photographed at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

    2005

    Damaged.
    Due to hydraulic failure, landed gear up at Hampton Roads, VA, ended up in a ditch, suffering substantial damage. Placed up for sale.

    1 January 2012

    Certificate of airworthiness for N30N (18-50, 2274) issued.

    16 December 2014

    To Gary Hilton, Kingsville, MO keeping c/r N30N.

    By May 2015

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    Fuselage only survives here.
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    By 2017

    Markings Applied: LT909
    In WWII Netherlands East Indies AF markings.

    12 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    3 May 2018

    Civil registration, N30N, cancelled.
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Robert Nichols
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