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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:C-45G Expeditor
    Last Military Serial:51-11660 USAF
    Construction Number:3489
    Last Civil Registration:N9551Z
    Compressed ID:Beech C-45G sn 51-11660 USAF cn 348...
    Latest Owner or Location:Charles T. Jurgens, North Pole, AK

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1942

    Constructed as a T-11.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-37109.

    1952

    Remanufactured as a C-45G.

    1952

    New construction number, AF-217, assigned to the airframe.

    1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-11660.

    23 May 1961

    Certificate of airworthiness for N9551Z (C-45H, 51-11660) issued.

    From 1963 to 1972

    To Bob Sholton, Spenard AK with new c/r N9551Z.

    From 1983 to 1995

    To Alaska Aviation Heritage Museum, Anchorage-Lake Hood AK keeping c/r N9551Z.

    11 April 1995

    To Roger Brooks/Brooks Fuel Inc, Fairbanks AK keeping c/r N9551Z.

    5 June 1998


    Photographer: Larry Johnson
    Notes: At Lake Hood, Anchorage, Alaska

    4 August 1999

    To Charles T. Jurgens, North Pole, AK keeping c/r N9551Z.

    To Arctic Warbirds, Bradley Sky Ranch, North Pole, AK.
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    Markings Applied: U.S. AIR FORCE

    Restoration started.
    Under long term restoration in owners garage.

    30 May 2008


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: In 2008 was on long term restoration at owners garage adjacent to Bradley Skyranch airfield, North Pole AK

    25 October 2017

    To Charles T. Jurgens, North Pole, AK keeping c/r N9551Z.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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