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Old 2nd March 2017, 17:30
Frank Olynyk Frank Olynyk is offline
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Re: Beech UC-43 - crash 19 Dec 1946 - serial?

Well, it won't be USN. All aircraft in the first BUNO series started with the letter A. A8871 was an O3U-1. The second BUNO was four digits long, but ended at 7303, when the third series was started. The third series was five digits long, and went to the current six digits when that overflowed. All BUNOs in the third series less than 10000 start with a zero. BUNO 08871 was an F6F-3 Hellcat. Neither of these aircraft would fit your situation.

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