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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-14/15/18 / B-34 / C-56 C-60 / PV / R5O
    Latest Model:R5O-5 Lodestar
    Last Military Serial:12481 USN
    Construction Number:18-2411
    Last Civil Registration:N15A
    Compressed ID:Lockheed R5O-5 sn 12481 USN cn 18-2...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, Arizona

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a R5O-5.

    11 May 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 12481.

    After September 1946

    To BellAviation with new c/r N9200H.

    To unknown owner with c/r ZS-DAX.

    Civil registration SA-AAF reserved but not taken up.

    1952

    To State Airlines Inc with new c/r N15SA.

    To Smithsonian Institute, Washington, DC with new c/r N15A (18-56, 2411).

    19 August 1974

    Civil registration, N15A, cancelled.

    To Pima Air and Space Museum, Davis-Monthan AFB (South Side), Tucson, AZ.
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    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    13 March 2017


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: in Pima Air Museum Restoration Area

    20 May 2021


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Pima Air and Space Museum. Tucson, AZ.

    8 April 2024


    Photographer: Richard Talley
    Notes: On display from restoration as of Jan 31, 2024
    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
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Pima Air and Space Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Johnny Comstedt
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