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B-23 DRAGON/39-0057



Serial #: 39-0057
Construction #: 2743
Civil Registration:
  NR33309
  N400B
  N4000B
Model(s):
  B-23
  UC-67
Name: None
Status: Stored
Last info: 2006
  History:
Delivered to USAAC as 39-0057.
- BOC: ??.
- SOC: Sept. 4, 1944.
- Redesignated UC-67, Dec. 24, 1941.
- Transferred to Reconstruction Finance Corp, McKellar Field TN, Sept. 4, 1944.
Pan American Airways, La Guardia NY, 1945-1946.
- Registered as NR33309.
The Hearst Corp, New York, NY, 1946-1947.
E. W. Scripps Co, Cincinatti, OH, 1948-1969.
- Registered as N400B, 1963.
- Registered as N4000B, 1963.
Purdue University, Nov. 19, 1969.
Dennis M. Sherman, West Palm Beach, FL, May 23, 1970.
Aviation Contractors Inc, American Fork, UT, 1972.
Westair International Inc, Broomfield, CO, 1973-1975.
Texas Aerial Surveys Inc, Dallas, TX, 1975.
Tom Page/P & M Supply Co., Willoughby, OH, 1975-1981.
- Restored to airworthy.
- Flew as USAAC/40/178.
National Jets Inc, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Nov. 1983.
Kermit Weeks/Weeks Air Museum, Tamiami, FL, May 1984-2002.
- Displayed in olive drab scheme as USAAC/40/17B.
- Badly damaged during Hurricane Andrew, Aug. 24, 1992.
- Open storage with wings removed.
- Loaned to EAA Air Museum, Lakeland, FL, 2001-2002.
-- Trucked to lakeland, 2001
-- Displayed dismantled.
Fantasy Of Flight, Polk City, FL, 200?-2008.
- Stored.

Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Joe Baugher's Serial Numbers Page
Photo Source(s):
Linda Carry

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