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Serial #: 42-54682 Construction #: 17521 Civil Registration: XB-ZAH N74133 N93RW |
Model: A-24B Banshee Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
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- Noted withdrawn from use and engineless, Mexico City, Dec. 1963.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. |
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