Sorry to bump this up, but I did some more research and have a correction:
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AT-11 wreck N81Y painted as Japanese transport, ex John Ortseifen? Its nose glass was metaled over. Earl told me that it got wrecked at Chicagoland Airport when the pilot tried to take off overloaded on a 90-degree day with no wind.
I looked up AT-11 accidents on the NTSB records and found this one at Midway Airport in 1965:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=75073&key=0
which sounds like the incident Earl mentioned to me. The registration was N107RS, c/n 3290, which would make the serial 42-36910. Where did I get N81Y? Beats me. Part of the N-number on the wing was visible under the "Japanese" camo, and I wrote down 87 or 81 at the time, and didn't check further. Must have been the "07".
Sorry for the mistake! (I know, research, research, research...
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This poor plane had a hard life - it also got banged up at Palwaukee earlier that year:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=77226&key=0
Do any of you Beech fans have a photo of N107RS?
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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)