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    Airframe Family: Cessna T-50/AT-17/C-78 Bobcat / Crane
    Latest Model:UC-78B Bobcat
    Last Military Serial:42-71626 USAAF
    Construction Number:4322
    Last Civil Registration:N43BB
    Compressed ID:Cessna UC-78B sn 42-71626 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    1943

    Constructed as an UC-78B.
    Originally ordered under the AT-17 contract.

    1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-71626.

    To unknown owner with c/r N4403N.

    To unknown owner with c/r N43BB.

    1982

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    11 August 1983

    Civil registration, N43BB, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Wright-Patterson A, OH.

    26 August 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    5 June 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Aviation Museums and Collections of North America (2nd Edition 2011) by Bob Ogden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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