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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:41-9525 USAAF
    Construction Number:951
    Last Civil Registration:N65434
    Compressed ID:Beech AT-11 sn 41-9525 USAAF cn 951...
    Latest Owner or Location:122nd Bomb Squadron - Jackson Barracks Military Museum, Arabi, New Orleans, Louisiana

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-11.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-9525.

    27 February 1942

    Transferred to Bombadier Training School, Victorville CA.

    21 May 1946

    To Harold C. Mattes and Ovid A. Helsing IL with new c/r NC65434.

    10 March 1950

    To Joe Lubin/Thrifty Auto Parts and Equipment with new c/r N65434.

    Circa 1952

    Appeared in the 1952 movie - The Last Train to Bombay (filmed in California).

    22 October 1952

    To Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Los Angeles CA keeping c/r N65434.

    December 1959

    To Transportes Aereos Fairchild-Transcontinental S. A., Buenos Aires keeping c/r N65434.

    22 May 1963

    Certificate of airworthiness for N65434 (AT-11, 951) issued.

    2 September 1963

    To F. G. Perkins/Skylark Aviation Paracentre, Elsinore CA keeping c/r N65434.

    1978

    Withdrawn from use.
    Derelict at Lake Elsinore, CA.

    3 July 1980

    To Custom Welding and Fabricating Inc, Mooringsport, LA keeping c/r N65434.

    From 1983 to 2006

    To Beale AFB (East Side), Linda, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    2009

    To 122nd Bomb Squadron-Jackson Barracks Military Museum, Arabi, New Orleans, LA.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 44951

    14 April 2013


    Photographer: Alan Wilson
    Notes: At Louisiana Military Museum, Jackson Barracks, New Orleans. Louisiana, USA.

    12 November 2014

    Civil registration, N65434, cancelled.
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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...
    Print Sources
     Beech 18: A Civil and Military History by R. K. Parmerter
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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