1944: TOS USAAF as C-47A 43-16041. By 4/51: Limestone AFB, ME (later Loring). UNK: unknown owner with c/r N387T. By 1987: Basler Turbo Conversions, Oshkosh, WI. Ca.1991: Converted to BT-67 turbo-prop. By 1992: TOS. Bolivian Air Force with s/n TAM-38. By 9/97: Fuselage noted at Santa Cruz/la Trompillo, Bolivia.

Ca.1944: TOS USAAF as AT-7 s/n 43-33329. 6/53: Remanufactured as a C-45G; TOS USAF as 51-11891. 1966: Registered N9532Z. Ca.10/10: Exported to Brazil and registered as PR-BTW.

1945: TOS USAAF as C-45F 44-86946. By 4/46: 106th Squadron/43rd Group—Unit types not noted. 4 Nov 46: Registered NC9729H. 2 Jan 47: Registered N9729H. Then three owners then on 11 Aug 1988: Robert A. Younkin, Lowell AR. 5/23/99: Crashed with one fatality, the airframe was destroyed (Younkin not aboard). The accident occurred at Waldron, AR while attempting to land with an engine hanging on lower mount only.

1937: Built as an E17B. 12/37: Registered NC18857. 27 Apr '42: TOS USAAF. Impressed as UC-43D, 42-46915, at Hensley Field, Dallas, TX. 5/42 to 7/43: Assigned to San Antonio, TX, Air Depot; loaned to Howard Hughes; assigned to Duncan Field, TX, then to Kelly Field, TX. 7/43: CAA, Alamo Field, TX, and later assigned to Love Field in Dallas. 2/45: RFC for disposal. Many owners. 1976-1977: Restored as F17D. 1988: Converted to E17L. 24 Jan 17: Suffered engine failure and was ditched in Discovery Bay, WA.

Built in 1941 and first owned by Haliberton Oil Company and then by Continental Oil Company. Ca.1955 WFU. By 1991: Mike Araldi, Greenswamp Aerodrome, Lakeland, FL. 17 Feb 98: Charles K. Theis Trustee, Reno, NV. 28 Feb 01: Betty Z. Theis Trustee, Reno, NV. 2 Aug 11: JTM 12A Llc, Reno, NV.

This aircraft was never a military plane, but it has been restored to replicate an Army Air Corps C-4A. 9 June 1929: First flight. Purchased by Northwest Airlines, later to Air Alaska and Monroe Airlines, MI. 1951: Johnson Flying Service, Missoula, MT with c/r N8419. Used by the United States Fire Services. 4 Aug 59: Crashed with smoke jumpers on board at Granville, ID. 1984 to 1991: Restored with parts from several other wrecked Ford Trimotors. 5 Mar '92: Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Kalamazoo, MI.

Built in 1929

This aircraft was never a military plane, but it has been restored to replicate an Army Air Corps C-4A. 9 June 1929: First flight. Purchased by Northwest Airlines, later to Air Alaska and Monroe Airlines, MI. 1951: Johnson Flying Service, Missoula, MT with c/r N8419. Used by the United States Fire Services. 4 Aug 59: Crashed with smoke jumpers on board at Granville, ID. 1984 to 1991: Restored with parts from several other wrecked Ford Trimotors. 5 Mar '92: Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Kalamazoo, MI.

This aircraft was never a military plane, but it has been restored to replicate an Army Air Corps C-4A. 9 June 1929: First flight. Purchased by Northwest Airlines, later to Air Alaska and Monroe Airlines, MI. 1951: Johnson Flying Service, Missoula, MT with c/r N8419. Used by the United States Fire Services. 4 Aug 59: Crashed with smoke jumpers on board at Granville, ID. 1984 to 1991: Restored with parts from several other wrecked Ford Trimotors. 5 Mar '92: Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Kalamazoo, MI.

This a/c was restored by the Save-A-Connie (SAC) organization from 1986-1988. SAC was renamed the Airline History Museum in 2000.

The 63rd Tactical Airlift Squadron was based at Selfridge AFB, Michigan. Note the outline of the state of Michigan on the vertical fin.

As this was just six months after Operation Desert Storm this was a very popular aircraft on display. Note that the last three digits of the USAF serial number are painted vertically on the front of the nose landing gear.

Delivered to USAAF in 1945. Saw combat in Korean War for two years, sold surplus in 1957. Converted into a water bomber in the U.S. (N5457V) and later used in the same role in Canada (C-GHLK). From 1990-1999 it was owned and flown by the Canadian Warplane Heritage marked as a French Air Force A-26. Transferred to the U.S. and registered as N119DR. In 2011 reregistered N4313.

Ca.1959: TOS USAF. Served as the testbed for the Pratt & Whitney TF-33 turbofan engines used on the B-52H. After the evaluation trials were complete it was restored to G configuration. By 4/89: Assigned to the 2nd Bombardment Wing, Barksdale AFB, LA. 29 Jul 92: Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage.

July/45: TOS USAAF as B-29A 44-62070. April/46: Converted to TB-29. October/51 to April/52: Restored back to B-29A. April/52: 310th Bomb Wing, Smoky Hill AFB, KS. August/53: 3510th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, TX. November/53: Converted to TB-29A. October/56: TOS USN; to Naval Weapons Center, China Lake, CA; used as a range target. March/71: Confederate Air Force with c/n N4249. Restored to ferry. August/71: Ferried to Harlingen, TX. By 1978: Restored using parts from three other B-29s. August/81: Re-registered as N529B. 1983: Used in the movie, "The Right Stuff" as the mother ship. 2006-2010: Full overhaul and new engines.

8/44: TOS USAAF. 10/44 Transferred to the RAF as Liberator GR.VI s/n KH191. The plane flew many combat missions in the Pacific Theater of Operations until late 1945 when it was abandoned in Khanpur, India. 1948: TOS Indian Air Force with s/n T-18. 1968: Given to the Indian Air Force Technical College in Jalahali, to be used for mechanic training. 1981: Doug Arnold/Warbirds of Great Britain. 5/82: Airfreighted disassembled by a Belfast transport plane to Blackbushe Airport, England. 1984: Doctor Robert F. Collings, and transported by ship to the USA. 6/89: Registered as N224J. 1989: Restored.

5/41: Given via Lend-Lease to the RAF as LB-30A AM927. Damage and returned to Consolidated and was used as a prototype for the C-87, with a cargo door cut in the side and operated by Consolidated for several years. 4/1/47: Registered as NL24927. 11/48: Continental Can Co. of Morristown, NJ, with c/r N1503. 4/11/59: PMEX-Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico. 1967: Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX, with c/r N12905. 10/90: Re-registered as N24927.

18 May '45: TOS USAAF with s/n 44-85740 at Syracuse, NY, stored there. 7 Nov '45: Altus, OK, stripped of all military equipment. 6/46: Metal Products. 2 weeks later: Universal Aviation as NL5017N; used for aerial mapping. Successive owners reinforced the floor for hauling cattle, used for aerial photography and surveying, used for aerial application, and used for pest control and fire-fighting. 1976: WFU. 1978 Restoration to military configuration began. Ca.1982: To EAA and finished restoration. No dorsal turret yet.

18 May '45: TOS USAAF with s/n 44-85740 at Syracuse, NY, stored there. 7 Nov '45: Altus, OK, stripped of all military equipment. 6/46: Metal Products. 2 weeks later: Universal Aviation as NL5017N; used for aerial mapping. Successive owners reinforced the floor for hauling cattle, used for aerial photography and surveying, used for aerial application, and used for pest control and fire-fighting. 1976: WFU. 1978 Restoration to military configuration began. Ca.1982: To EAA and finished restoration. No dorsal turret yet.

12 Jul '45: TOS USAAF as B-17G 44-83872. 16 Jul '45: TOS USN as PB-1 77235 at Naval Aircraft Modification Center, Johnsville, PA. 12/46: Converted for AEW tests as a PB-1W. Served with VX-4, FASRON 103, VW-2 and VW-1. 1/55: NAS Litchfield Park, AZ for storage. 10 Jul '56: SOC. 10/57: Aero Service Corp., Philadelphia, PA with c/r N7227C. Converted for aerial surveying. 12/61: ACS Incorporated; used for aerial photography, including photographing a solar eclipse from 31,500 feet for the University of Alaska. 9/67: Confederate Air Force, Harlingen, TX.