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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:C-45H Expeditor
    Last Military Serial:52-10636 USAF
    Construction Number:4344
    Last Civil Registration:N314WN
    Compressed ID:Beech C-45H sn 52-10636 USAF cn 434...
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Salvage of Dallas, Lancaster Municipal Airport, Dallas - Fort Worth, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-7.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-56725.

    1953

    Remanufactured as a C-45H.
    New construction number, AF-566, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-10636.

    20 May 1960

    To Washington Natural Resources Department, Olympia WA with new c/r N7163C.

    13 May 1962

    Certificate of airworthiness for N314WN (C-45H, 52-10636) issued.

    14 May 1962

    Certificate of airworthiness for N314WN issued.

    From 16 May 1962 to 1978

    To Washington Natural Resources Department, Olympia WA with new c/r N314WN.

    1979

    To Providence Air Charter, Providence R keeping c/r N314WN.

    22 March 1981

    To Arnold J. Johnson/Air Charter Services, Stratford CT keeping c/r N314WN.

    12 August 1982

    To Viking International Airlines, Chicago keeping c/r N314WN.

    From 17 September 1985 to 1996

    To Gold Coast Air Inc, Hawthorne CA keeping c/r N314WN.

    From 22 April 1996 to 2005

    To Kim R. Spohn, Lakewood CA keeping c/r N314WN.

    1 August 2005

    To John H. Hannigan (Trustee), San Carlos, CA keeping c/r N314WN.

    Based at Stockton Field Aviation Museum/Vintage Aircraft/Taigh Ramey, Stockton Metropolitan Airport, Stockton, CA.
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    5 September 2009

    Involved in an incident.
    Right tyre blows on take-off from Nut Tree Airport, Vacaville, California, no substantial damage.

    5 September 2009

    12 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    27 September 2013

    To Taigh E. Ramey, Stockton, CA keeping c/r N314WN.

    12 October 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Mustang Days at the Nutree Airport in Vacaville, CA.

    12 October 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Mustang Days at the Nutree Airport in Vacaville, CA.

    12 October 2013


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Mustang Days at the Nutree Airport in Vacaville, CA.

    1 January 2014

    Certificate of airworthiness for N314WN (C-45H, 52-10636) issued.

    15 May 2014

    To John M. Barnett, Lindale, TX keeping c/r N314WN.

    Based at Northwest Regional Airport (52F), Roanoke, TX.
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    25 March 2016


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Northwest Regional Airport, Roanoke, TX

    25 March 2016


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Northwest Regional Airport, Roanoke, TX.

    4 September 2020

    Civil registration, N314WN, cancelled.

    On behalf of the owner stored with/at Air Salvage of Dallas, Lancaster Municipal Airport, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX.
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    6 May 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Lancaster - Air Salvage of Dallas, TX, USA

    6 May 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Lancaster - Air Salvage of Dallas, TX, USA


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    Credits
    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
    YouTube

    Individual Contributors
    Dale Bennet
    John Bennett
    Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger

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