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Serial #: 42-54682 Construction #: 17521 Civil Registration: XB-ZAH N74133 N93RW Model: A-24B Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Built in 1942. Delivered to FA Mexicana as ???, 19??. Compania Mexicana Aerophoto, Mexico City, 1963. - Registered as XB-ZAH. - Noted withdrawn from use and engineless, Mexico City, Dec. 1963. Tallmantz Collection, Orange County, CA, Apr. 1964. - Displayed as USN/SBD. Rosen-Novak Auto Co, Omaha, NE, 1966-1968. - Registered as N74133. - Remained on display in Orange County. - Auctioned May 29, 1968. John McGregor, San Fernando, CA, 1969. Admiral Nimitz Foundation, Fredericksburg, TX, 1972-1991. - Restored by Trade School, Waco, TX. - Displayed at Admiral Nimitz Museum as SBD-3 "5-B-1". Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston, TX, 1994-2002. - Restored to airworthy. - First flight June 1997. - Flown as SBD-5. - Damaged in emergency landing. -- Currently undergoing repairs. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Photo Source(s): Steve Tournay. Tony Andrews. |
