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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:C-45H Expeditor
    Last Military Serial:52-10893 USAF
    Construction Number:1445
    Compressed ID:Beech C-45H sn 52-10893 USAF cn 144...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, Georgia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-11.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-27600.

    3 July 1942

    Transferred to Higley Army Air Field (later Williams Army Air Field), AZ.

    Transferred to 975th Bombardier Training Squadron, 321st Bombardier Training Group, Deming Army Air Field, NM.

    Circa 1943


    Photographer: Clifford Bossie via NMUSAF
    Notes: At Deming AAF

    22 March 1944

    Damaged.
    Landing accident at Deming AAF.

    April 1944

    Assigned to 975th Bombardier Training Squadron, Deming AAF. NM for storage.
    Aircraft not repaired.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 41-27600.

    Circa 1951

    Transferred to Herrington AFB, KS (Former).
    Unknown if ferried or transport via surface.

    1954

    Remanufactured as a C-45H.
    New construction number, AF.823, assigned to the airframe.

    Circa October 1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-10893.

    13 October 1954

    Transferred to Kentucky ANG, Louisville, KY.

    November 1960

    To Federal Reformatory, Chillicothe, OH.
    Used as an instructional airframe.

    1966

    Ferry flight. Delivered to United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
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    October 1970

    Transported by ground. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Markings Applied: 40823
    Incorrectly marked for many years.

    18 July 1996


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the USAF Museum in Dayton, Ohio.

    Circa 17 October 2002


    Photographer: Norm Jukes
    Notes: Photographed at the USAF Museum in Dayton, OH.

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    6 May 2008

    September 2021

    In the inventory of National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    30 September 2021

    Loaned to Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, GA.
    Airlifted in C-17A from NMUSAF to Robins AFB this date.
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     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
     Museum of Aviation
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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