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    Airframe Family: Douglas A-20/P-70 Havoc / Boston
    Latest Model:A-20H-1-DO Havoc
    Last Military Serial:GN50 FANic
    Construction Number:23243
    Last Civil Registration:N99385
    Latest Owner or Location:National Warplane Museum, Geneseo, New York

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-20H-1-DO.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-0020.

    To Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Altus AAF, OK.

    24 June 1947

    To Texas Engineering and Manufacturing Co./Delta Drilling Co., Dallas, TX with new c/r N5066N (A-20H, 23243).

    Converted for use as an executive transport.

    19 August 1947

    To Texas Aircraft Trading Co, Tyler, TX keeping c/r N5066N.

    31 May 1948

    To Universal Aviation Company, Tulsa, OK keeping c/r N5066N.

    21 July 1948

    To Leonard Burns, San Francisco, CA keeping c/r N5066N.

    From 1948 to By 1949

    To US Marshal, Miami, FL keeping c/r N5066N.
    Seized by the US Marcshal Service due to reported attempt of an illegal sale to Israel.

    From 4 April 1949 to By 1956

    To American Airmotive Corporation, Miami, FL keeping c/r N5066N.

    27 October 1953

    To American Airmotive Corp, Miami, FL keeping c/r N5066N.

    Converted to an executive configuration.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea de Nicaragua with s/n GN50.
    Your Assistance is Needed: There is some question about the FAN serial number assigned to this airframe. Photo evidence in 1986 shows the marked number as 60. Were the markings changed for display purposes at some point or is 60 the true serial. Please share any information you may have by editing this dossier. MRH
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    20 May 1965

    Civil registration, N5066N, cancelled.

    From By 1975 to By 1977

    Displayed in a park in Carretera del Sur, Managua, Nicaragua.

    18 April 1977

    To Military Aircraft Restoration Corp, Anaheim, CA with new c/r N99385.

    Based at Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation (MARC)/David Tallichet, Anaheim, CA.
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    From By 1980 to By 1991

    Transported by ship.
    Moved from Nicaragua to Chino, CA, and placed in open storage.

    27 February 1986


    Photographer: Nigel Roling
    Notes: N99385 44-0020 (ex N5066N, GN50 FANic) Douglas A-20H Havoc at Chino 27-2-86

    8 November 1986


    Photographer: Ralph Lunt
    Notes: The A-20 seen in the storage yard at Chino in November 1986 clearly showing the serial 60 rather than the serial referenced for this aircraft 50.

    By 1988

    To Military Aircraft Restoration Corp., Chino, CA.

    1988


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: David Tallichet storage yard, Chino Airport, California. In this shot the side number appears to be a 50, although it could be a faded out 60.

    1988


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Tallichet storage yard, Chino, CA.

    August 1988


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Tallichet/MARC Chino Airport, CA.

    1991

    Loaned to Air Heritage Museum Inc, Beaver County Airport, Beaver Falls, PA.
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    July 1991

    Transported by ground.
    Moved from Chino, CA, to Beaver Falls, PA.

    September 1991


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At MARC, Chino Airport, CA. shipping out.

    Restoration to flying condition started.

    Loaned to 1941 Historical Aircraft Group Museum, Geneseo, NY.
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    11 July 2008


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Stored inside the 1941 Historical Aircraft Group hangar.

    11 July 2008


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    9 July 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    2013

    Loaned to National Warplane Museum, Geneseo, NY.
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    18 January 2017

    To unknown owner with c/r N99385.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Chino, CA.

    4 December 2018

    Civil registration, N99385, cancelled.
    Exported to Latvia.

    Exported to Russian Federation.


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

    Print Sources
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall

    Internet Sources
    Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Warplane Museum
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

    Individual Contributors
    Mike Henniger
    Yaroslav Letov
    Ralph Lunt

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