I photographed these Beech Model 17 / GB-2 / UC-43B Staggerwing examples on display in Ohio, Oregon, California, Wisconsin and Florida
GB-1 and GB-2 were the designations for the US Navy versions of the Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing, while the Air Force designated their airframes as UC-43.
1946 Beech G17S #B-04
Oshkosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
1938 Beech F17D Staggerwing #204
Oshkosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
1938 Beech D17S Staggerwing #254
Oshkosh 2024
Beech D17A Traveler #305
Evergreen Aviation Museum 2015
This airframe was impressed into service during World War II as UC-43F 42-49071
Evergreen Museum 2018
943 Beech D17S Staggerwing #4836
Oshkosh 2024
Beech UC-43B Staggerwing #4890
It has the USAAF serial number 43-10842. It was the museum’s first aircraft and bears the seal of the U.S. Ambassador to London.
Yanks Air Museum, Chino 2018
1943 Beech D17S Staggerwing #4917
Oshkosh 2025
1944 Beech D17S Staggerwing #6687
Oshkosh 2025
1944 Beech GB-2 44-67723 #6700
Painted in the markings of an aircraft assigned to Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola, Florida.
Naval Aviation Museum, NAS Pensacola 2024
GB-2 Traveler 23733 #6913
painted as UC-43 39-139