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    Airframe Family: Beech 17 Staggerwing / C-43/GB Traveler
    Latest Model:GB-2 Traveler
    Last Military Serial:32876 USN
    Construction Number:6704
    Last Civil Registration:N582
    Latest Owner or Location:Charles G. Haugh, Las Vegas, NV

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a GB-2.
    To be delivered to the Navy as BuNo23692 but not taken up.

    4 March 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-67727 as a UC-43.

    7 March 1944

    Transferred to Fort Dix Army Air Base, NJ.
    Sent to Fort Dix for shipping Lend-Lease to Britain, Requisition BSC41097.

    14 April 1944

    Transported by ship.
    Moved to the UK for Royal Navy Service.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Navy with s/n FT478 as a Traveler I.

    From 1944 to January 1945

    Transferred to 781 Squadron, Lee-On-Solent, Hampshire, England.

    From June 1945 to September 1945

    Transferred to 701 Squadron, Heston, England.

    1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 32876 as a GB-2.

    31 July 1946

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.
    Stricken at NAS Norfolk, VA.

    1947

    To Harry O. Golding, Long Beach, CA with c/r N1183V.

    1953

    To R. S. Gimblin, Colusa, CA.

    6 February 1956

    Certificate of airworthiness for N1183V (D17S, 6704) issued.

    21 April 1970

    Certificate of airworthiness for N582 (D17S, 6704) issued.

    1971

    To Al B. Cratty (and) Dale E. Moore, Kodiak, AK.

    1972

    To Robert C. Dalzell, Owensboro, KY.

    From 1973 to 1983

    Restored.
    Restoration with the original engine.

    1978

    To Robert C. Dalzell, Owensboro, KY with c/r NC582.

    1988

    To Heinz G. Peier, Zurich, Switzerland.

    August 1988

    Ferry flight.
    Flown across the Atlantic to Switzerland by the Northern Route, stopped over night in Glasgow 6 August.

    28 April 1990

    Displayed for auction by Christieas Sale, Duxford, bid 75,000 pound sterling.

    September 1990


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: Hilzingen, Germany

    1994

    Transported by ship.
    Returned to USA.

    1994

    To Granger and Margie Haugh/International Enzymes Inc, Fallbrook, CA.

    April 1996


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At MCAS El Toro, CA Open House

    19 November 2002

    To Haugh C Granger, Fallbrook, CA with c/r N582.

    1 January 2006

    Certificate of airworthiness for N582 (D17S, 6704) issued.

    April 2007

    Based at 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum, Geneseo, NY.
    Was donated to the museum.
    View the Location Dossier

    25 October 2007

    To 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum, Geneseo, NY with c/r N582.

    Based at National Warplane Museum, Geneseo, NY.
    View the Location Dossier

    30 June 2014

    To unknown owner with c/r N582.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Las Vegas, NV.

    7 August 2014

    To unknown owner with c/r N582.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Las Vegas, NV.

    23 January 2015

    To unknown owner with c/r N582.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Las Vegas, NV.

    17 April 2015

    To Charles G. Haugh, Las Vegas, NV.

    22 July 2018


    Photographer: Daniel Compo - Florida Metal Aviation Photography
    Notes: Seen at 2018 EAA Air Venture Oshkosh painted in RAF colors


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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
    Beech 17 Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger

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