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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-14/15/18 / B-34 / C-56 C-60 / PV / R5O
    Latest Model:C-60A Lodestar
    Last Military Serial:42-56072 USAAF
    Construction Number:18-2565
    Last Civil Registration:N43WT
    Compressed ID:Lockheed C-60A sn 42-56072 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Galena Park, Houston, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-60A.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-56072.

    From Circa 1942 to 1949

    To Betty Hutton.
    Once owned by the actress Betty Hutton.

    Circa 1974

    Based at Stormville, NY, for use in skydiving operations.

    To Texas Aviation Hall of Fame, Galveston, TX with new c/r N43WT (18-56, 2565).

    Based at Lone Star Flight Museum, Scholes Field, Galveston, TX.
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    27 October 1989

    To Can AM Capital Inc, Ville Platte, LO keeping c/r N43WT.

    November 1996


    Photographer: Mark Kennedy
    Notes: C-60A Lodestar, N43WT at Scholes Field, Galveston, Tx. during display at Lone Star Flight Museum in Nov. 1996

    31 March 1999

    To Texas Aviation Hall of Fame, Galveston, TX keeping c/r N43WT.

    12 April 2005

    Civil registration, N43WT, cancelled.

    To Scholes Field, Galveston, TX.
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    Markings Applied: 39626

    2008

    Damaged.
    Caught up in Hurricane Ike whilst at Scholes Field, TX.

    Recovered.
    Removed from a scrap yard in Galveston, TX.

    30 April 2012

    Transported by ground. Delivered to Greatest Generation Aircraft, Fort Worth, TX.

    27 May 2012


    Photographer: Roger Janssens
    Notes: At Vintage Flying Museum, Fort Worth, TX (USA).

    August 2012


    Photographer: Jason Barnett
    Notes: Jason Barnett with his purchase - the remains of a C-60 Lodestar

    Based at Galena Park, Houston, TX.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Airport Data
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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