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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:RC-45J Expeditor
    Last Military Serial:67124 USN
    Construction Number:4664
    Last Civil Registration:N4207
    Compressed ID:Beech RC-45J sn 67124 USN cn 4664 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:American Airpower HRTG FLG Museum, Dallas, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-7.

    1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-56774.

    1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 67124 as a SNB-2.

    1954

    Remanufactured as a SNB-5P.

    Transferred to NAS/MCAS Kaneohe Bay, HI.

    Transferred to NAS Pensacola, FL.

    6 July 1962

    Redesignated as RC-45J.

    1971

    To Golden Triangle Vocational Technical Center, Columbus, MS with new c/r N4207.
    Used as instructional airframe.

    January 1983

    To James V. Ricks, Greenwood, MS keeping c/r N4207.

    1 December 1984

    To Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX (later Midland TX) keeping c/r N4207.

    16 September 1991

    To American Airpower Heritage in Flight Museum, Midland, TX keeping c/r N4207.

    In the inventory of Commemorative Air Force Airpower Museum, Midland International Airport (MAF), Midland, TX.
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    Operated by Commemorative Air Force-Utah Wing, Heber City Municipal Airport, Heber, UT.
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    From 1993 to 1998

    Restored.
    Restored by CAF at Madison, MS.

    23 February 1998

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX4207 (C-45, 67124) issued.

    27 March 1998

    First post-restoration Flight.

    16 July 2008

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX4207 (RC-45J, 67124) issued.

    Markings Applied: 124

    2014

    Based at Commemorative Air Force-Indiana Wing, Indianapolis Executive Airport, Indianapolis, IN.
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    24 August 2015

    To American Airpower HRTG FLG Museum, Dallas, TX keeping c/r N4207.

    24 March 2020

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4207 issued.

    26 July 2022


    Photographer: Robin MORET
    Notes: AirVenture 2022 Oshkosh

    19 May 2023


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL

    19 May 2023


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL

    19 May 2023


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL

    19 May 2023


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Illinois Valley Regional Airport, Peru, IL
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    Commemorative Air Force
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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