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Marking the official delivery of the first Republic
Seabee to go to the foreign export market outside the United States,
Gordon C. Sleeper, Sales Manager of the Personal Plane Division of
Republic Aviation Corporation, is bidding good-bye to Helen A. Duffy and
Prosper G. Tomich, Seabee distributors for all of Mexico as they prepare
to take off from Republic's Long Island Field for their flyaway trip to
Mexico with XB-COH
(s/n 31) in September 1946. [Photo: © Republic Aviation Corp.]
The Mexican Seabees appear to have been imported to
Mexico by the Mexican distributor company Productos Aeros Pan
Americanos, Mexico, D.F., Mexico in 1947. Very little
is known about the fates of the Mexican Seabees, except for XB-DEL (s/n
742) which was exported to Norway. May 2004 Mr. Miguel A. Narro
reported that he had observed a Republic Seabee stored in a private yard
in Monterrey. If you can help with any information and
photos of any Mexican Republic Seabee, please contact Webmaster
(Steinar Saevdal). Thank You!
Please visit Gary Kuhn's Latin American Aviation
Historical Society (LAAHS) web site at; www.laahs.com.
Thanks to John M. Davis for additional information.
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| S |
Reg.
Mk: |
S/N: |
Reg.
Years: |
Remarks: |
| U |
XB-COA |
492 |
1947
- |
1947-03-18 delivered to Productos Aeros Pan Americanos, Mexico, D.F., Mexico. |
| U |
XB-COB |
? |
NTU |
Reserved
for Seabee but not taken up. |
| U |
XB-COG |
572 |
1947
- |
1947-03-29 delivered to Productos Aeros Pan Americanos, Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
Still at Republic on 1947-04-06.
Never registered? |
| R |
XB-COH |
31 |
1946
- |
1946-09-03
delivered to Productos Aeros Pan Americanos, Mexico, D.F., Mexico. |
| U |
XB-DAX |
573 |
1947
- |
1947-03-29
delivered to Productos Aeros Pan Americanos, Mexico, D.F., Mexico. Still
at Republic on 1947-05-18. |
| U |
XB-DAY |
136 |
1946
- |
1946-11-16
delivered to Productos Aeros Pan Americanos, Mexico, D.F., Mexico. |
| E |
XB-DEL |
742 |
1947
- |
1947-05-23 delivered to Productos Aeros Pan Americanos, Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
Still at Republic on 1947-05-25. Exported
to Norway as LN-OAW, later to Sweden as SE-CBW. |
| U |
XB-DIF |
447 |
1947
- |
1947-02-28
delivered to Productos Aeros Pan Americanos, Mexico, D.F., Mexico. Still
at Republic on 1947-04-13. |
| U |
XB-DIG |
? |
NTU |
Reserved
for Seabee but not taken up. |
| U |
XB-DIH |
821 |
1947
- |
1947-05-23 delivered to Productos Aeros Pan Americanos, Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
Still at Republic on 1947-05-25. Became
VR-BAC of Bermuda. |
| E |
(XB-LER)
XB-SAH |
357? |
1952? |
Ex
NC6169K imported to Mexico by Clint W. Murchison; San Antonio, TX, USA,
ca. 1952. Reported as XB-LER, but probably was XB-SAH. |
| U |
XB-??? |
63 |
1954
- |
Ex
N87510 cancelled from CAA Aircraft Register 1954-06-07 as exported to
Mexico. |
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Crashed
(C) / Scrapped/Destroyed (D) |
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Confirmed flying
(F) |
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Unknown
(U)/ Restoration (R) / Stored (S) / Exported (E) |
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