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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:AT-11 Kansan
    Last Military Serial:42-37493 USAAF
    Construction Number:4086
    Last Civil Registration:N341X {1}
    Compressed ID:Beech AT-11 sn 42-37493 USAAF cn 40...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-11.

    By September 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-37493.

    20 September 1943

    Transferred to Bombardier Training School, Roswell Army Air Field, NM.
    Operated with markings: 130

    2 October 1946

    Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Ponca City, OK.

    1946

    To Abrams Aerial Survey Corp, Lansing, MI with new c/r NC64044.
    C/r used incorrect c/n of 1046.

    By July 1947

    Civil camera mounts installed.

    1948

    To Abrams Aerial Survey Corp, Lansing, MI with new c/r N64044.

    29 April 1955

    Damaged.
    Damaged by 140mph winds (and) hailstorm, Fort Lauderdale-Broward County, FL.

    1966

    To Abrams Aerial Survey Corp, Lansing, MI with new c/r N341X {1}.

    1969

    To United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
    Donated by Abrams Aerial Survey.
    View the Location Dossier

    1970

    Transported by ground. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    Trucked from Michigan to the Air Force Museum restoration facility at Wright Field.
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    From Circa 1971 to 1976

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: 237493
    Engines from USDA Mission TX, new plexiglassnose donated by J.D. Turner, Bethlehem PA (and) wings from Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ.

    May 1976

    Placed on display.

    28 July 1986


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    5 June 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    5 June 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    17 April 2017


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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