Dates

Event

April 1937

Constructed as a L-10A.

1937

To Bata Shoe Company, Zlin, Czechoslovakia with new c/r OK-CTB.
Accepted delivery in Burbank, CA.

1937

Aircraft flown around the world in a promotional stunt before arriving in Czechoslovakia.

13 March 1939

Prior to German invasion of Czechoslovakia on 15 Mar 1939 Bata Shoe Company had this plane flown to Poland. On board were pilot Jan Serhant, co-pilot Frank Janak, Mechanic Mr. Dolezal, and Bata General Manager of the British Division of Bata John Tusa.

15 March 1939

Bata Shoe Company ordered the plane flown to Yugoslavia.

17 March 1939

Bata Shoe Company ordered the plane flown to Italy.

19 March 1939

Bata Shoe Company ordered the plane flown to Paris.

23 March 1939

Bata Shoe Company ordered the plane flown to London.

From 24 March 1939 to April 1939

Aircraft and crew placed in the service of the British Government flying between London, Amsterdam and Paris.

May 1939

Transported by ship.
Bata Shoe Company ordered the plane dismantled and sent to USA via ship.

June 1939

Aircraft re-assembled by Lockheed and sent to Canada for military service.

1 July 1939

To Canadian Department of National Defense with new c/r CF-BTB.

11 September 1940

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 7656.

2 May 1946

Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.
To War Assets Corporation.

1946

To H F Dougall and T J Prattie.

28 June 1946

To W C Siple.

2 July 1946

To Hunter C Moody with new c/r NC79236.

20 January 1948

Returned to civilian configuration.

3 February 1951

To J M R Lyeth, D. B. A. Lyeth Engineering Company with new c/r N79236.

24 April 1951

To Purdue University Airport keeping c/r N79236.

15 December 1953

To Walter R Crow Inc keeping c/r N79236.

22 March 1956

Certificate of airworthiness for N241M (ELECTRA 10-A, 1091) issued.

14 August 1957

To James van Heusen and Margaret O Brien (Hollywood actress) keeping c/r N79236.

August 1957

Leased to Price Airlines.

27 September 1957

Crashed.
Ran out of fuel and landed on Brewer Island mud flats in San Francisco Bay enroute San Francisco to Reno, NV.

By March 1959

Repaired.

26 March 1959

To Fast-Way Air, Inc.

7 September 1960

To Robbin Batchelor keeping c/r N79236.

2 March 1962

Damaged.
Damaged on landing at Long Beach, CA while on an instructional solo flight. Soon repaired.

18 April 1962

To Midwest Airways, Inc.

23 May 1962

Damaged.
Damaged at Mercury,NV due to pilot error on an air-taxi flight.

June 1962

Crashed.
Crashed at an unknown location in the UK but recovered and repaired.

Leased to James van Heusen/Navajo Airlines.
James was partner in the plane with Margaret OBrien.

September 1963

To James van Heusen/Navajo Airlines with new c/r N241M.

21 April 1964

Beech D18S cowlings installed.

8 March 1965

To Casement Aviation, Inc keeping c/r N241M.

10 November 1970

To R W Sidley Inc keeping c/r N241M.

10 November 1971

To Westernair of Albuquerque Inc keeping c/r N241M.

30 November 1971

To The Tire Barn Inc keeping c/r N241M.

16 February 1972

To Islander Airways Inc keeping c/r N241M.

11 April 1973

To Frank M Hutchinson/Islander Airways keeping c/r N241M.

6 August 1974

To James Almand, MD and Associates, Grand Prairie, TX keeping c/r N241M.

By 1981

Restored.
Markings Applied: 7656
Restored and marked as with RCAF in WWII.

4 July 1981

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: At Rockford, IL. Film got hot.

By 2002

Restored.
Markings Applied: OK-CTB
Restored to factory condition with original paint scheme.

6 August 2009

To Aircraft Guaranty Corp Trustee, Houston, TX keeping c/r N241M.

6 June 2015

Photographer: Stanislav Dudek
Notes: Taken at Prague - Tocna, Czech Republic

30 April 2023

Photographer: Reinhard Jost
Notes: With fake reg OK-CTB and named Bata (like the sponsor) at Plasy Airfield, Czech Republic

30 April 2023

Photographer: Reinhard Jost
Notes: Lockheed Electra N241M with fake reg OK-CTB at Plasy Airshow, Czech Republic