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    Airframe Family: Douglas B-23 Dragon
    Latest Model:UC-67 Dragon
    Last Military Serial:39-0047 USAAC
    Construction Number:2733
    Last Civil Registration:N880L
    Latest Owner or Location:Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, California

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    Dates

    Event

    1940

    Constructed as a B-23.

    July 1940

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 39-0047.

    January 1942

    Redesignated as UC-67.

    1944

    Used as staff transport by Major General Charles E. Bradshaw.

    4 July 1945

    Assigned to RFC, Bush Field, GA for storage.

    From 1945 to By 1947

    To United Rexall Drug Co, Boston, MA with new c/r NR45361.

    By 1954

    To General Electric Co, Schenectady, NY with new c/r N45361.

    To General Tire and Rubber Co, Akron, OH with new c/r N1G {2}.

    By 1959

    To Aerojet General Corp, Azusa, CA with new c/r N244AG.

    Circa 1960


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: In May or June of 1960 in MIA.

    To L. B. Smith Aircraft Corp, Miami, FL with new c/r N8658E.

    From By 1963 to By 1964

    To Starflite Inter Public Inc, New York, NY with new c/r N409ME.

    1964

    To Interpublic Inc keeping c/r N409ME.

    From By 1966 to By 1969

    To Laboratory for Electronics, Boston, MA with new c/r N880L (B-23, 2733).

    From By 1970 to By 1972

    To Jenny Flight Engineering, Bedford, MA keeping c/r N880L.

    By 1977

    To Mickey Jones, Emmonak, AK keeping c/r N880L.

    26 September 1980


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1980 photo at Ryan Field, Tuscon AZ - of a Douglas B-23 (UC-67) Dragon

    By 1981

    To Leroy W. Richards, Chico, CA keeping c/r N880L.

    By October 1984


    Photographer: Wayne Gomes
    Notes: Photographed at the Castle AFB Museum in Atwater,

    22 January 1985

    To unknown owner with c/r N880L.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Merced, CA.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    The FAA record indicates the sale was to the USAF Museum at Castle AFB, Merced, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    By 1991

    Loaned to Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    By 1991

    Markings Applied: 112, MD

    2 September 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    2 September 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    15 November 2012

    To unknown owner with c/r N880L.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Merced, CA.

    15 November 2012

    Civil registration, N880L, cancelled.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbird Registry by Scott Rose
    Individual Contributors
     Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
    Marcin Rogowski
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