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    Airframe Family: Beech 18 Expeditor / AT-7 / AT-11 / C-45 / JRB / SNB
    Latest Model:C-45H Expeditor
    Last Military Serial:52-10866 USAF
    Construction Number:4011
    Last Civil Registration:N4111A
    Latest Owner or Location:South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, South Dakota

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an AT-11.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-37418.

    By December 1944

    Transferred to 34th Flying Training Wing, Childress Army Air Field, TX.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 42-37418.

    1948

    Redesignated as T-11.

    1954

    Remanufactured as a C-45H.
    New construction number, AF-796, assigned to the airframe.

    1954

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-10866.

    To unknown owner with c/r N2797A.

    From 1963 to 1966

    To Alabama Highway Department., Montgomery, AL with c/r N311SA.

    1969

    To S. W. Sisk/Orion Airways, Saint Louis, MO with c/r N4111A.

    1970

    To Sisk Aviation Activites Inc, Saint Louis, MO.

    1971

    To Semo Aviation, Malden, MO.

    4 September 1977

    Crashed.
    Summarized NTSB narrative from report number CHI77FEX48: There was one fatality. Incident occurred at 14:25 hours. The damage was substantial. This was a local flight from Richmond, IN. There was an unspecified incident while cruising. Report remarks include: Parachutist pulled out of acft, hit tail. Incident occurred at or near Richmond, IN.
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    1978

    To unknown owner with c/r N4111A.
    Sale reported.

    October 1985

    To Terry J. Saunders, Jenkinsburg, GA.

    September 1986

    To William C. Rhodes, Jenkinsburg, GA.

    By August 1989

    Loaned to South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, SD.

    Circa 1991

    Certificate of airworthiness for N4111A (C-45H, AF796) issued.

    1991

    To United States Air Force Museum, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    Sold to the USAF Museum, but the airframe stayed at Ellsworth AFB.

    1991

    In the inventory of National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    View the Location Dossier

    7 April 1992

    Civil registration, N4111A, cancelled.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Wright Patterson A, OH.

    Loaned to South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Ellsworth AFB, Rapid City, SD.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 40796
    The markings are an apparent corruption of the construction number.

    1 August 2006


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    31 July 2016


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Notice new surface base

    12 June 2019


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

    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Aviation Archaeology
    Aviation History Site by Geoff Goodall
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger

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