Baugher doesn't have much info on B-23 s/n 39-61, N18647:
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(39-)61 (c/n 2747) to RFC at McKellar Field, TN. To DPC as NR18647 in 1946. To PanAm later that year as NC18647. To Corning Glass Works in 1947. To National Steel Corp as N18647 in 1954. Off registry by 1964.
While digging for aircraft photos on the Florida Memory site, I found this:
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View showing plane crash approximately 150' from Dale Mabry Field near Blountstown Highway - Tallahassee, Florida.
Photographed on April 5, 1958.
The plane, a converted B-23, was owned by the National Steel Corporation.
Credit this photo: State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory,
http://floridamemory.com/items/show/54239Creator: Slade's Studio Photography (Tallahassee, Fla.)
So I guess you can add this one to the Registry, Scott... probably written off 4-5-58.
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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)