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    Airframe Family: Beech 45/T-34 Mentor
    Latest Model:T-34B Mentor
    Last Military Serial:144102 USN
    Construction Number:BG-409
    Last Civil Registration:N8457
    Compressed ID:Beech T-34B sn 144102 USN cn BG-409...
    Latest Owner or Location:North Carolina Forest Service

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-34B.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 144102.

    14 April 1972

    To USDA Forest Service Fepp, Raleigh, NC with new c/r N8457.

    27 January 1997

    To USDA Forest Service Fepp, Clayton, NC keeping c/r N8457.

    Based at Forestry Service, Kinston Regional Jetport, Kinston, NC.
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    Markings Applied: 23

    25 April 2012

    To Tennessee Museum of Aviation, Sevierville, TN keeping c/r N8457.

    Based at Tennessee Museum of Aviation, Sevierville, TN.
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    Operated by North Carolina Forest Service.

    By 12 May 2017

    Operated as fire service #23.

    12 May 2017


    Photographer: Alastair T. Gardiner
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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    U.S. Demobbed by Horrex, Ray, Boulanger, Dunn, McGhee and Wood
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     Bryan Austin
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