This UC-78 was TOC by the USAAF as 43-31827 but crashed due to engine failure at Upper Heyford in 1944. After the end of the war Poland bought 21 surplus Bobcats, of which 14 were returned to service, including this example by PZL at Mielec, and the rest used for spares. This plane went on to fly for LOT as SP-GEM and then in 1952 for the Instytut Lotnictwa (Institute of Aviation) as SP-GLC. After decommissioning in 1967, SP-GLC was handed over to the Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego and is on display in its Instytut Lotnictwa colour scheme.

Became ZK-ART in April 1948. Photo taken at the old Mangere aerodrome which closed to make way for Auckland International. Photo from: Whites Aviation Collection/Alexander Turnbull Library

Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

UC-78 Bobcat ex USAAF 42-58205. Maintained airworthy by the Collings Foundation. Painted as a US Navy JRC-1 Bobcat with 'serial' 3696, using the aircraft's c/n.

Beautiful study of Cessna's 'Bamboo Bomber', the aircraft that bomber pilots learned their trade on, although the UC-78 model was a light transport. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie

On a test flight out of Wichita. Photo from: Civil Aviation Historical Society, Melbourne, Australia

Built in 1943 as USAAF 43-7733, it was sold in Switzerland as HB-UEF registered Nov-1946, and cancelled in Jul-1951. It was registered again in Oct-1967 to be cancelled in Dec-1970 after having made a one wheel-up landing at Teuge, Netherlands on 27-Oct-1970. It then went to Belgium as OO-TIN registered Apr-1971 and cancelled Feb-1984. It was sold in France in 1983 and in 1995 it arrived at the GPPA in Angers for the Musée Régional de l'Air, in 2013 renamed Espace Air Passion for restoration as seen here.

Ex 43-31827

This WWII multi-engine trainer is actually 43-31888, later N61808. Once owned by the Pima Air Museum, she came to the Travis Air Museum in 1985 and was put on display here in 1999 after a lengthy restoration. The real 42-71507 (c/n 4203) still exists in a museum in Hood River, Oregon.

Ex USAAF UC-78 42-58205 painted as a U.S. Navy JRC-1 '3696' using its c/n as 'serial'. Named "Lo Lo".