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    Airframe Family: Northrop BT-1 / BT-2 / Douglas SBD/A-24
    Latest Model:A-24B-15-DT Banshee
    Last Military Serial:BID 2529 FAMe
    Construction Number:17521
    Last Civil Registration:N93RW
    Compressed ID:Douglas A-24B-15-DT sn BID 2529 FAM...
    Latest Owner or Location:Lone Star Flight Museum, Ellington Field, Houston, Texas

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an A-24B-15-DT by Douglas at Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-54682.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the FA Mexicana with s/n BID 2529.
    Lend-Leased to Mexican Air Force.

    To unknown owner with c/r XB-ZAH.

    1964

    To Tallmantz Aviation with new c/r N74133.

    January 1972

    Loaned to Admiral Nimitz Center, Fredericksburg, TX.
    Displayed as SBD-3.

    1994

    To Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston, TX keeping c/r N74133.

    Placed on display with Lone Star Flight Museum, Scholes Field, Galveston, TX.
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    1 April 1997

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX93RW (A-24B, 42-54682) issued.

    October 1997


    Photographer: Jacqueline Fischer
    Notes: Houston-Ellington Field, TX

    23 July 1998

    To Air SRV Inc, Galveston, TX with new c/r N93RW.

    20 September 2000

    To Texas Aviation Hall of Fame DBA, Galveston, TX keeping c/r N93RW.

    1 January 2001

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX93RW (A-24B, 42-54682) issued.

    April 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
    Notes: Lone Star Flight Museum

    April 2016


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla
    Notes: Lone Star Flight Museum

    October 2016


    Photographer: Mark Kennedy
    Notes: A-24 Banshee (SBD Dauntless) of the Lone Star Flight Museum at the 2016 Wings Over Houston Airshow, Ellington Field, Houston, Tx. Oct 2016.

    28 July 2017

    To Lone Star Flight Museum, Galveston, TX keeping c/r N93RW.

    16 August 2017

    To Lone Star Flight Museum, Houston, TX keeping c/r N93RW.

    Based at Lone Star Flight Museum, Ellington Field, Houston, TX.
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    10 May 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Houston - Ellington Field, TX, USA
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