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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-2/L-20/U-6 Beaver
    Latest Model:U-6A Beaver
    Last Military Serial:51-16568 USAF
    Construction Number:0388
    Last Civil Registration:C-GTBV {2}
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada U-6A sn 51-1656...
    Latest Owner or Location:Guardian Aviation Limited, Parry Sound, ON

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    Dates

    Event

    1952

    Constructed as a L-20A-DH.

    16 October 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-16568.

    New construction number, 1192, assigned to the airframe.

    16 October 1952

    Transferred to 6600th Air Depot AMO (Air Material Overseas Unit), Downsview, ON.
    Accepted delivery.

    October 1952

    To 5th Liaison Squadron, Tactical Air Command, Sewart AFB., TN.
    Attached to the 324th Medium Troop Carrier (TCM) Wing.

    19 March 1953

    Transferred to 7th Liaison Squadron, Donaldson/Greenville, AFB., SC.

    8 September 1953

    Assigned to 3040th Aircraft Storage and Disposition Group, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage.

    28 June 1954

    Transferred to Sacramento Air Depot, McClellan AFB.

    23 September 1954

    Transferred to San Francisco Point of Embarkation.

    28 September 1954

    Transported by air. Delivered to 7485th Air Depot Wing, Erding, Germany.

    30 June 1955


    Photographer: Tom McFadyen
    Notes: At Prestwick Airport, Scotland

    From 22 April 1959 to 11 January 1962

    Deployment to RAF Alconbury, Oxfordshire for four months but it remained in UK until 11-Jan-1962.

    30 March 1961

    To United States Air Force with new c/r N9825F.

    By July 1961

    To USAF Chelveston Flying Club, Northamptonshire, UK keeping c/r N9825F.

    1962

    Redesignated as U-6A.

    September 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-16568.
    Returned to USAF.

    To 310th Strategic Aerospace Wing (later Space Wing), Schilling AFB, Salina, KS.

    23 April 1963

    Transferred to Air Material Command, Fairchild Aircraft Company Facility, Hagerstown, MD.

    From 7 April 1965 to 23 September 1965

    Assigned to 3040th Aircraft Storage and Disposition Group, Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage.

    27 May 1965

    Civil registration, N9825F, cancelled.

    From 24 September 1965 to After 31 May 1967

    Transferred to 129th Air Commando Group, California Air National Guard, Hayward Municipal Airport, CA.

    1967

    Assigned to Warner Robins AFB, GA for storage.

    17 December 1971

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    1972

    To South Dakota Schools with new c/r N17393.

    September 1978

    To James R. Kinney, Vermillion, SD keeping c/r N17393.

    1 August 1979


    Photographer: Paul Thallon
    Notes: 1979 photo at Oshkosh WI - of a DHC-2 Beaver

    9 August 1979

    Certificate of airworthiness for N17393 (DHC-2 MK. I(L20A), 388) issued.

    6 May 1986

    To Skydive Inc, New Richmond, WI keeping c/r N17393.

    21 June 2008


    Photographer: Timothy Aanerud
    Notes: DeHavilland L-20A Beaver, Parked at South Saint Paul. Used for Skydiving

    1 January 2009

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX17393 (DHC-2 MK. I(L20A), 51-16568) issued.

    19 March 2009

    Certificate of airworthiness for N554BB (DHC2 MK1 (L20A), 388) issued.

    20 March 2009

    To Wipaire, South Saint. Paul, MN with new c/r N554BB.

    23 April 2009

    To Chevron USA Inc, Picayune, MS keeping c/r N554BB.

    2017


    Photographer: Schemedesigners

    10 July 2019

    Civil registration, N554BB, cancelled.
    Exported to Canada.

    1 August 2019

    To 1949261 Ontario Limited, Thunder Bay, ON with new c/r C-FKAI.

    3 November 2020

    Civil registration, C-FKAI, cancelled.

    2 June 2021

    To Guardian Aviation Limited, Parry Sound, ON with new c/r C-GTBV {2}.


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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher

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    Terry Fletcher

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