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B-23 DRAGON/39-0038

B-23 Dragon 39-0038 WRG# 0015932

Serial #: 39-0038
Construction #: 2724
Civil Registration:
  NC56249
  N56249
  N62G
Model(s):
  B-23 Dragon
Name: None
Status: Restoration
Last info: 2012

History:
Delivered to USAAC as 39-0038.
- BOC: ??.
- SOC: May 11, 1945.
- Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corp, Bush Field, GA, May 11, 1945.
Henry J. Kaiser Co, 1946-1947.
- Registered as NC56249.
Chevron Aviation/Standard of California, 19??.
Standard Oil of California, San Francisco, CA, 1954.
- Registered as N56249.
General Electric Co, Schenectady, NY, 1959
John W. Mecom Co, Houston, TX, 1963-1972
- Registered as N62G.
Commemorative Air Force, Midland, TX, Oct. 1973-2007.
- Operated by Cajun Wing, Lafayette, LA.
- Restoration started, Harlingen, TX.
- Transported by road to Midland, TX, 1993.
-- Damaged after striking bridge pole during move.
- Static display.
1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum, Geneseo, NY, 2011-2012.

B-23 Dragon 39-0038 WRG# 0015933

Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page
Federal Aviation Administration, 2012.
Photo Source(s):
Bill Word
Research Assistance:

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