| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | MM61717 |
| Military Code: | RR-26 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Beech 18 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Beech 18 (C-45) |
| Aircraft Version: | Beech C-45F Expeditor Mk.II |
| C/n (msn): | 7102 |
| Operator Titles: | Italy - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | Castel Volturno / Ditellandia Acqua Park [ Off-Airport, gone ]Map |
| Country: | Italy |
| Photo Date: | September 1999 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 865971 |
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The Italian AF acquired 125 C-45s in 1949 from USAF storage at Oberpfaffenhofen AB, West Germany. A number in unserviceable condition were later rebuilt in Italy on an AMI production line. This one is recorded as c/n 7102 ex 44-47178 and RAF HB297, but c/n 7101 is also quoted. Preserved here but removed when site cleared in 2004 and said to have re-mounted on pole at a park in Vermicino near Rome-Ciampino Airport, but no evidence of it being there now This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 12 November 2025, and has since been viewed 110 times. |