9 Dec 1940: Factory roll-out as model B18S with MSN 434; last civil delivery. December/40: Registered NC1040. February/42: Impressed for service, TOS USN as JRB-2 BuNo 09771; assigned to Commanding General, USMC, Quantico, VA. Ca.1942 to 1948: Several USMC units. 1948: Storage. 1950: Reactivated USMC, MCAS Cherry Point, NC. May/53: Remanufactured as SNB-5P. July/62: Redesignated RC-45J. Last unit was Naval Air Technical Training Unit, NAS Pensacola, FL. 29 Jun '72: National Museum of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL.

9 Dec 1940: Factory roll-out as model B18S with MSN 434; last civil delivery. December/40: Registered NC1040. February/42: Impressed for service, TOS USN as JRB-2 BuNo 09771; assigned to Commanding General, USMC, Quantico, VA. Ca.1942 to 1948: Several USMC units. 1948: Storage. 1950: Reactivated USMC, MCAS Cherry Point, NC. May/53: Remanufactured as SNB-5P. July/62: Redesignated RC-45J. Last unit was Naval Air Technical Training Unit, NAS Pensacola, FL. 29 Jun '72: National Museum of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL.

K25 slide scan. Remanufactured by Beech 1952 from msn 5635 43-33362 and redelivered to USAF as 51-1472. Retired to MASDC 1959. Civilianized as C-45H N9576Z 1962. N602DM 1984, painted into USN colours. Cancelled from USCAR 1986, reinstated 1992. N181MH 1995, N18D 2021.

Damage is from a runway excursion at Everett, WA. How did it get here like this?

Delivered to the US Navy as SNB-2C 29585 in 1944. Later modified to an SNB-3 and SNB-5P. Redesignated as a RC-45J in 1962. To N75018 in 1975 and N585PB in 2008. To the Historic Flight Foundation in 2013.

Registered as B-18S NC1040 in 1940. To the US Navy as JRB-2 09771 in 1942 Converted to an SNB-5P with c/n N975 in 1953. Redesignated as an RC-45J in 1962. To the Museum in 1972.

Model 18S MSN 434 NC1040 impressed by Navy Feb 20, 1942. Remanufactured by Beech as SNB-5P (MSN N975) in May 1953. Redesignated UC-45J in 1962. (Source: Joe Baugher's website)