I photographed the Beech GB-2 Traveler on display at the NMoUSAF in Dayton, OH.
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.
GB-2 Traveler 23733 (#6913)
painted as UC-43 39-139
NMoUSAF 2018
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
Beech D17A Traveler (#305)
Evergreen Aviation Museum 2015
This airframe was impressed into service during World War II as UC-43F 42-49071