I photographed these C-45 Expeditor examples at several museums and events. The Expeditor aircraft carry a variety of Army serial numbers and Navy Bureau numbers… with some being switched to the Navy after upgrades in the early 1950s.
Some look-alikes, such as the Commemorative Air Force’s “Bucket of Bolts” have been moved to their proper place on the page for the Beechcraft Model 18
Other military variants from the “Twin Beech” family include the AT-11 Kansan and AT-7 Navigator
In the 1960s, a fleet of Beech Tradewind aircraft were constructed by converting surplus Expeditors into civilian airliners with a single tailed and tricycle gear.
RC-45J 29585
Paine Field 2012
UC-45J 29646
Pima Air Museum 2017
UC-45J 39213
Pima Air Museum 2017
1943 RC-45J 51218 #5523
Oshkosh 2024
UC-45J 67212
Falcon Field, Mesa AZ 2017
TC-45J 89468
Planes of Fame, Chino 2018
UC-45J/JRB-5 89484
McChord AFB 2017
AT-11 41-27580 / Later 1951 C-45H #AF-276
Champaign Air Museum / Grimes Field (Urbana) 2018
T-7 42-56721 / Later C-45G 51-11897
Castle AFB, Atwater CA 2024
1943 UC-45 42-56774 / Later Navy 67124 #4664
DuPage Airport 2024
TC-45J 43-33567 / Later SNB-5 23843
1965 Beech TC-45J (SNB-5) Expeditor #6141
Legacy Flight Museum; Rexburg, Idaho 2021
UC-45F Expeditor 43-35887
Pacific Coast Air Museum; Santa Rosa, CA 2024
C-45F 44-47573
Rebuilt after being written off during a fatal crash in 1965. At least one conflicting source cites this as 1952 Beech D18S/JRB-1 (US Navy) 52-10786
Missoula, Mont. 2021
Missoula, Mont. 2022
C-45F 44-86963 / Later SNB-5 44588
March AFB 2018
1951 Beech UC-45J Expeditor #51-00262
Illinois Aviation Museum; Bolingbrook 2024
1951 C-45H 51-11696 #AF-253
Originally built in 1942 and upgraded to C-45H standard