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    Airframe Family: Douglas B-23 Dragon
    Latest Model:UC-67 Dragon
    Last Military Serial:39-0038 USAAF
    Construction Number:2724
    Last Civil Registration:N62G
    Compressed ID:Douglas UC-67 sn 39-0038 USAAF cn 2...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Warplane Museum, Geneseo, New York

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a B-23.

    Circa 1939

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 39-0038.

    Converted to an UC-67.

    11 May 1945

    Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Bush Field, GA.
    Sent to the RFC for disposal.

    To unknown owner with c/r NR56249.

    From 1946 to By 1947

    To Henry J. Kaiser Co., CA with new c/r NC56249.

    To Chevron Aviation/Standard Oil, CA keeping c/r NC56249.


    Photographer: William T Larkins

    By 1954

    To Standard Oil Co California, San Francisco, CA with new c/r N56249.

    25 August 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for N56249 (B-23, 2724) issued.

    26 August 1955

    Certificate of airworthiness for N56249 (B-23, 2724) issued.

    By 1959

    To General Electric Co, Schenectady, NY keeping c/r N56249.

    From By 1963 to By 1973

    To John W. Mecom Co, Houston, TX with new c/r N62G.

    1973

    Based at Commemorative Air Force Airpower Museum, Midland International Airport (MAF), Midland, TX.
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    29 October 1973

    Operated by Confederate Air Force-Cajun Wing, Lafayette, LA.

    6 September 1991

    To American Airpower Heritage Flying Mu, Midland, TX keeping c/r N62G.

    By 1993

    Dismantled at Brownsville, TX.

    1993

    Transported by ground.
    Moved to Midland, TX. Struck a bridge pole while being towed.

    By 2003

    Placed in open storage at Midland, TX. The finished had been stripped, i.e. it was all metallic.

    March 2009

    To 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum, Geneseo, NY.
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    Circa 14 September 2009

    Prepared for transport to Geneseo.

    2 December 2009

    Civil registration revised.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Geneseo, NY.

    2 December 2009

    To unknown owner with c/r N62G.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Geneseo, NY.

    From April 2010 to October 2010

    Transported by ground.
    Moved from Midland, TX, to Geneseo, NY, in three trips.

    9 July 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    9 July 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    9 July 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    9 July 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    9 July 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    2013

    To National Warplane Museum, Geneseo, NY.
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    20 August 2013

    Civil registration, N62G, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Geneseo, NY.


    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 2007 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall

    Internet Sources
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Warplane Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Patrick Carry
    Mike Henniger

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