Lodestar details wanted
 

Hello,

Am seeking further details of several Lockheed Lodestar C-56B's.
The Makers numbers are as follows, but I cannot find any information about their other service numbers or Nations with which they served.

MSN 18 - 2105 through to MSN 18 - 2119.
MSN 18 - 2122, MSN 18 - 2124, MSN 18 - 2126.

Thanks in advance.
Alex

Re: Lodestar details wanted
 

http://joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1941_3.html

41-19730/19732 Lockheed C-57 Lodestar Civilian Model 18-14 impressed by USAAF.

19730 MSN 18-2115. Converted to Model 18-14 for Panair do Brasil as PP-PBQ Jan 2, 1945. Force landing at Catanduvas, Sao Paulo Oct 18, 1946, repaired but crashed on attempted takeoff Oct 22, 1946 and DBR. Now on display at Travis Air Museum, California in its original USAF serial number. Cancelled Dec 10, 1946

19731 MSN 18-2118. Wrecked in forced landing in Clinton, MD, 15 mls SE of Bolling Field, Washington DC Nov 23, 1942. The engines would not restart after feathering the props, presumably during a training flight.

19732 MSN 18-2119. To NC1000 1945, to N1000, to N5113 with General Motors 1954, to CF-XBD 1964, but ntu, to N51131. Disappeared in Caribbean prior Apr 1982, possibly drug running.

Re: Lodestar details wanted
 

Alex,

Most Lodestars of your question were in service with the ML-KNIL, the Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force.

See (in Dutch) https://ipms.nl/artikelen/nedmil-luc...eed-lodestar-5

Regards,

Leendert

Re: Lodestar details wanted
 

While the NEI Lodestar article is interesting, it is not entirely accurate in detail.
It also lack many Lockheed MSN (c/n)

The other ones were
18-2111 NC34964 (21.7.1941) > 42-57212 (C-56C 11.6.42) > NC34964 (27.7.43) > N34964 > Howard 250 (Feb 1962) > N1515P (by June 63)> Canx Jan 1978
18-2112 NC34906 (June 1941) > PP-PBF (5.12.41) > PP-SAC (2.4.47) w/o 10.1.1949 canx 5.4.1949
18-2113 NC34907 (June 1941) > PP-PBH (21.1.42) w/o 21.9.1944 canx 12.10.1944
18-2114 NC34908 (June 1941) > PP-PBI (12.2.42) w/o 31.8.1944
18-2115 C-57 41-19730 (30.6.1941) > PP-PBQ (2.1.45) w/o 22.10.1946 canx 10.12.1946
18-2116 NC34909 (June 1941) > PP-PBJ (12.2.42) w/o 24.8.1944 (Lockheed data) or 16.10.1944 (Brazilian data)
18-2117 NC34910 (June 1941) > PP-PBK (12.2.42) > PP-BHA (9.3.46) > PT-AND (8.4.52 reservation only) > N2881D (ca Nov 1952) > N353H (6.8.63) canx 1971
18-2118 C-57 41-19731 (21.7.1941) w/o 24.11.1942
18-2119 C-57 41-19732 (13.8.1941) > NC1000 (1945) > N1000 > N5113 (by April 1954) > CF-XBD (ca 1963 NTU) > N51131 (by July 1964) > missing in the Carribean before April 1982

Cheers
Stig