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    Airframe Family: Beech 17 Staggerwing / C-43/GB Traveler
    Latest Model:GB-2 Traveler
    Last Military Serial:23755 USN
    Construction Number:6935
    Last Civil Registration:N67735
    Compressed ID:Beech GB-2 sn 23755 USN cn 6935 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:James A. Brown, Bath, ME

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    Dates

    Event

    January 1944

    Constructed as an UC-43.

    1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-76090.
    S/n ntu, transferred directly to USN.

    15 July 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 23755 as a GB-2.

    July 1944

    Transferred to San Diego NAS, CA.

    Transferred to Mojave MCAS/SO, CA.

    Transferred to Ream Field NAS, CA.

    31 August 1946

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Navy.

    To unknown owner with c/r N67735.

    12 July 1962

    Damaged.
    Landing accident at Detroit City, severe damage.

    1963

    To L. H. Berry, Wyoming, DE keeping c/r N67735.

    1971

    To J. C. Mickel, Delray Beach, FL keeping c/r N67735.

    To Vernon Ford, Little Rock, AR with new c/r N17VF.

    Circa 1974


    Photographer: Larry Johnson Collection
    Notes: Shot when registered N17VF.

    1975

    To Don L. Biller Bettendorf, IA keeping c/r N17VF.

    March 1978

    To H. K. Mick Mull, Dighton, KS keeping c/r N67735.

    From April 1978 to 1979

    Restored.

    16 November 1987

    To Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL keeping c/r N67735.

    15 September 1997

    To Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL keeping c/r N67735.

    Operated by Fantasy of Flight/Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL.
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    25 November 2008

    To Donald L. Mains, Limington, ME keeping c/r N67735.

    6 July 2018

    To James A. Brown, Bath, ME keeping c/r N67735.

    26 July 2018


    Photographer: Owen ORourke
    Notes: Beecracft D17S NC67735 at Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH) Oshkosh, WI
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