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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:U-6A Beaver
    Last Military Serial:57-6142 US
    Construction Number:1226
    Last Civil Registration:N958DB
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada U-6A sn 57-6142...
    Latest Owner or Location:Kenmore Crew Leasing Inc Trustee, Bellingham, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-20A-DH.

    15 May 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 57-6142.

    May 1958

    New construction number, 1799, assigned to the airframe.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as U-6A.

    By April 1986

    To NAS Glenview, IL.
    Static display.

    1995

    To Air Classics Museum, Dupage Airport, West Chicago, IL.

    2 September 1995


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    2 September 1995


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

    From Circa 1997 to March 2004

    To Air Classics Museum, Aurora Municipal Airport, Sugar Grove, IL.
    Museum relocated.
    View the Location Dossier

    March 2004

    To NW Towers Llc, Missoula, MT.

    By April 2004

    Repair started.

    By May 2005

    To Sealand Aviation Ltd, Campbell River, BC.

    Restoration completed.

    12 March 2012

    To George Matt Hook, Seahurst, WA with new c/r N958DB.

    29 June 2022

    To Kenmore Crew Leasing Inc Trustee, Bellingham, WA keeping c/r N958DB.
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    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     DHC-2.com by Neil Aird
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Peter Nicholson
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