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    Airframe Family: Northrop BT-1 / BT-2 / Douglas SBD/A-24
    Latest Model:A-24B-15-DT Banshee
    Last Military Serial:42-54654 USAAF
    Construction Number:17493
    Compressed ID:Douglas A-24B-15-DT sn 42-54654 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-24B-15-DT by Douglas at Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-54654.
    Editor Comment: This airframe dossier is not to be confused with USN BuNo 54654.

    Circa 1966

    To MGM Studios, Culver City CA.
    Used as wind machine.

    1979

    To David Tallichet/Military Aircraft Restoration Group, Chino, CA.
    Rear fuselage purchased from a movie studio along with components from 10-12 other surplus SBDs.

    From 1991 to 2001

    Loaned to Military Aircraft Preservation Society (MAPS) Air Museum, Akron-Canton Airport, North Canton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    Restored.
    Restored with plan to fly.

    2004

    Loaned to Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
    View the Location Dossier

    Restored.
    Fuselage restored and reskinned.

    31 March 2017


    Photographer: Larry Johnson

    31 March 2017


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    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
     U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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