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This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

Airframe Family:	Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
Latest Model:	RC-45H Expeditor
Last Military Serial:	51-11897 USAF
Construction Number:	4340
Last Civil Registration:	N87681
Latest Owner or Location:	Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, California

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Dates		Event
Circa 1942		Constructed as an AT-7.
Circa 1942		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-56721.
Circa 1953		Remanufactured as a C-45G.
Circa 1953		New construction number, AF-454, assigned to the airframe.
Circa 1953		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-11897.
		Converted to a RC-45G.
		Converted to a RC-45H.
		Photographer: US Air Force Museum Website (Public Domain) Notes: Beech C-45G in flight (USAF S/N 51-11897) with U.S. Navy aircraft in the background. (U.S. Air Force photo)
		To USDA Aphis VS, Mission, TX with new c/r N87681 (C-45H, AF-454).
		To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH. View the Location Dossier
		Loaned to Castle Air Museum, Atwater, CA.
9 April 1983		Civil registration, N87681, cancelled.
By 1991		Placed on display with Castle Air Museum, Castle Airport (formerly Castle AFB), Atwater, CA. View the Location Dossier
2 September 1991		Photographer: Robert Nichols
12 September 2010		Photographer: Mike Henniger
1 September 2013		Photographer: Mike Henniger Notes: Photographed at the Castle Air Museum, Atwater, CA.
1 May 2017		Photographer: Marcin Rogowski Notes: At the Castle Air Museum in Atwater, CA, USA.

		This airframe dossier is based on unreviewed imported data. If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.

Credits
Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

Internet Sources
Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
National Museum of the United States Air Force
United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

Individual Contributors
Mike Henniger
Robert Nichols

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