I photographed these C-45 Expeditor examples at several museums and events. The Historic Flight Foundation’s colorful RC-45J (Beech Model 18) was at Paine Field in 2012.
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
1951 C-45H Expeditor #AF-276
Otiginally AT-11 41-27580
Champaign Air Museum / Grimes Field (Urbana) 2018
TC-45J 89468
Planes of Fame, Chino 2018
C-45H Expeditor 52-10866
South Dakota Air Museum 2021
Beech SNB-5 (C-45J) 44-588
March AFB 2018
1965 Beech TC-45J (SNB-5) Expeditor #6141
Legacy Flight Museum; Rexburg, Idaho 2021
C-45H 51-11892
Paine Field 2016
Arlington Airport 2018
Olympic Flight Museum 2018
UC-45J 39213
Pima Air Museum 2017
UC-45J 29646
Pima Air Museum 2017
C-45H AF-510 “Grimes Flying Labratory”
Champaign Air Museum / Grimes Field (Urbana) 2018
UC-45J Expeditor 67212
Falcon Field, Mesa AZ 2017
C-45H
Evergreen Museum 2018
UC-45J/JRB-5 89484
McChord AFB 2017
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
1951 C-45H Expeditor #AF-253
Museum of Flight 2023
1943 UC-45 Expeditor #4664
DuPage Airport 2024
C-45H Expeditor 52-10897 #AF-827
Valiant Warbirds Museum 2024
C-45H Expeditor 52-10893 #AF-835
Robins AFB 2024
UC-45F Expeditor (Beech C18) 43-35887
Pacific Coast Air Museum; Santa Rosa, CA 2024
C-45G Expeditor 51-11897
Originally built as T-7 42-56721, later re-manufactured by Beech as C-45G. Retired from military service in 1963.