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Do not fill this in! ====USAAC/USAAF designations==== ;C-45 :Six-seat staff transport based on C18S;<ref name="A757"/> 11 built<ref name="American Warplane p7">Donald 1995, p. 7.</ref><ref name="Swan Mil p36">Swanborough and Bowers 1963, p. 36.</ref> ;C-45A :Eight-seat utility transport based on C18S;<ref name="A757"/> 20 built<ref name="American Warplane p7"/> ;RC-45A :Redesignation of all surviving F-2, F-2A, and F-2B aircraft by the [[USAF]] in 1948 ;C-45B :Based on C18S, but with modified internal layout; 223 ordered, redesignated UC-45B in 1943<ref name="A757"/><ref name="Swan Mil p36"/> Equipped with a hatch in the cabin door for aerial photography.<ref>{{cite book |title=Handbook [of] Service and Maintenance Instructions: USAF Models C-45B, C-45F; Navy Models JRB-3, JRB-4 Aircraft |date=4 November 1947 |page=90B |url=http://app.aircorpslibrary.com/document/viewer/april12c45phar1}}</ref> ;C-45C :Two Model 18S aircraft impressed into the USAAF, redesignated UC-45C in January 1943<ref name="TC710"/><ref name="USAW">[http://www.uswarplanes.net/c45.html "USA Warplanes C-45 page."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170512131227/http://www.uswarplanes.net/c45.html |date=2017-05-12 }} ''uswarplanes.net''. Retrieved 24 August 2008.</ref><ref name="USAAF42">Baugher, Joe. [http://www.joebaugher.com/1942.html "USAAF 1942 Serial Number List."]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers–1908 to Present''. Retrieved: June 11, 2011.</ref> ;C-45D :Designation given to two AT-7 aircraft converted as passenger transports during manufacture, redesignated UC-45D in January 1943<ref name="USAAF42"/><ref name="USAAF43">Baugher, Joe. [http://www.joebaugher.com/1943.html "USAAF 1943 Serial Number List."]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers–1908 to Present''. Retrieved: June 11, 2011.</ref> [[File:Barksdale Global Power Museum September 2015 18 (Beechcraft C-45F Expeditor).jpg|thumb|C-45F at the [[Barksdale Global Power Museum]]]] [[File:C45HcafAT7.JPG|thumb| C-45H/AT-7 [[Commemorative Air Force|CAF]], [[Platte Valley Airpark]], Hudson, Colorado, June 2007]] [[File:C-45 General Arrangement Diagram – Without Labels.png|thumb|A cutaway view of a C-45H]] ;C-45E :Designation given to two AT-7 and four AT-7B aircraft converted as passenger transports during manufacture, redesignated UC-45E in January 1943<ref name="USAAF42"/><ref name="USAAF43"/> ;C-45F :Standardized seven-seat version based on C18S, with longer nose than preceding models;<ref name="A757"/> 1,137 ordered, redesignated UC-45F<ref name="Swan Mil p36"/> ;C-45G :AT-7s and AT-11s remanufactured in the early 1950s for the USAF to similar standard as civil D18S with [[autopilot]] and R-985-AN-3 engines; 372 aircraft rebuilt<ref name="BHM45"/><ref name="USAF51"/> ;TC-45G :Multiengine crew trainer variant of C-45G; AT-7s and AT-11s remanufactured in the early 1950s for the USAF to similar standard as civil D18S, 96 aircraft rebuilt<ref name="BHM45"/><ref name="USAF51">Baugher, Joe. [http://www.joebaugher.com/1951.html "USAF 1951 Serial Number List."]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers–1908 to Present''. Retrieved 11 June 2011.</ref> ;C-45H :AT-7s and AT-11s remanufactured in the early 1950s for the USAF to similar standard as civil D18S, with no autopilot and R-985-AN-14B engines; 432 aircraft rebuilt<ref name="BHM45"/><ref name="USAF52">Baugher, Joe. [http://www.joebaugher.com/1952.html "USAF 1952 Serial Number List."]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ''USAAS-USAAC-USAAF-USAF Aircraft Serial Numbers–1908 to Present''. Retrieved: August 24, 2008.</ref> ;TC-45H <ref name="A765"/> ;RC-45J <ref name="A765"/> :In 1962, all surviving U.S. Navy SNB-5Ps were redesignated RC-45J{{sfn|Swanborough|Bowers|1976|p=43}} ;TC-45J <ref name="A765"/> :In 1962 all surviving U.S. Navy SNB-5s were redesignated TC-45J{{sfn|Swanborough|Bowers|1976|p=43}} ;UC-45J <ref name="A765"/> :Subsequent redesignation of RC-45J and TC-45J{{sfn|Swanborough|Bowers|1976|p=43}} [[File:Barksdale Global Power Museum September 2015 21 (Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan).jpg|thumb|AT-11 at the Barksdale Global Power Museum]] [[File:Beechcraft AT-11 Kansan 3-view line drawing.png|thumb|A 3-view line drawing of an AT-11]] ;AT-7 Navigator :Navigation trainer based on C18S,<ref name="A757"/> with an [[Astrodome (aviation)|astrodome]] and positions for three students, powered by 450-hp [[Pratt & Whitney R-985-25]] engines; 577 built<ref name="American Warplane p7"/><ref name="Swan Mil p36"/> ;AT-7A :Floatplane version of AT-7; six built<ref name="American Warplane p7"/> ;AT-7B :Winterised AT-7; nine built<ref name="American Warplane p7"/> ;AT-7C :Based on C18S<ref name="A757"/> with R-985-AN3 engines; 549 built<ref name="American Warplane p7"/> ;AT-11 Kansan :Bombing and gunnery trainer for USAAF derived from AT-7, fuselage had small, circular cabin windows, bombardier position in nose, and bomb bay; gunnery trainers were also fitted with two or three .30-caliber machine guns, early models (the first 150 built) had a single .30-cal AN-M2 in a Beechcraft-manufactured top turret, later models used a Crocker Wheeler twin .30-cal top turret, a bottom tunnel gun was used for tail gunner training, 1,582 built for USAAF orders, with 24 ordered by Netherlands repossessed by USAAF and used by the Royal Netherlands Military Flying School at [[Jackson, Mississippi]].<ref name="American Warplane p7-8">Donald 1995, pp. 7–8.</ref><ref name="Swan Mil p37">Swanborough and Bowers 1963, p. 37.</ref> ;AT-11A :Conversion of AT-11 as navigation trainer; 36 converted<ref name="Swan Mil p37"/> ;CQ-3 :Conversion of UC-45F, modified to act as [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|drone]] control aircraft, redesignated as DC-45F in June 1948{{Citation needed|date=February 2011}} [[File:Beechcraft F-2s in Alaska June 1941.png|thumb|F-2s in Alaska, 1941]] ;F-2 :Photo-reconnaissance version based on B18<ref name="TC710"/> ;F-2A :Improved version ;F-2B Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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