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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:SNB-5 Expeditor
    Last Military Serial:66464 USN
    Construction Number:8690
    Last Civil Registration:N9440
    Compressed ID:Beech SNB-5 sn 66464 USN cn 8690 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee, Bungay Norfolk

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-45F.
    Beech UC-45J 66464

    1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-87431.

    1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 66464 as a JRB-4.

    25 October 1950

    Involved in an incident.
    The accident was at Bethpage - when the aircraft ground looped, starboard gear collapsed (and) left the runway.

    25 October 1950


    Photographer: Gerald Asher
    Notes: At Bethpage

    Remanufactured as a SNB-5.

    15 August 1969

    To South Carolina Committee For Technical Education, Columbia, SC with new c/r N9440.
    Instructional airframe.

    15 August 1969

    Civil registration, N9440, cancelled.

    15 October 2009

    To Wendell Hall, Cheraw, SC with new c/r N9440.

    23 November 2010

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9440 (UC-45J, 66464) issued.

    10 September 2011


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Winston-Salem Airshow, Winston-Salem NC

    10 September 2011


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Winston-Salem Airshow, Winston-Salem NC

    10 September 2011


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Winston-Salem Airshow, Winston-Salem NC

    5 March 2014

    To Saint Germain Aviation Inc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N9440.

    26 March 2015


    Photographer: Jon Wickenden
    Notes: Beech UC45J N9440 at Seething

    30 June 2015

    To Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee, Bungay Suffolk keeping c/r N9440.

    May 2018

    Noted parked on the ramp at Vila De Luze, Portugal.

    12 September 2018

    To Southern Aircraft Consultancy Inc Trustee, Bungay Norfolk keeping c/r N9440.

    15 February 2022

    To unknown owner with c/r N9440.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Alcabideche.

    14 January 2023

    To unknown owner with c/r N9440.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Alcabideche.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Beech 18: A Civil and Military History by R. K. Parmerter
    Internet Sources
     Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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