Beech GB-2 Traveler / UC-43B Staggerwing (multiple)

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

Evergreen Museum 2018