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The de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver is a single-engined, high-wing, propeller-driven, STOL aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada, primarily known as a bush plane. It is used for cargo and passenger hauling, aerial application (crop dusting and aerial topdressing), and has been widely adopted by armed forces as a utility aircraft. The United States Army purchased several hundred (desginated the U-6); nine DHC-2s are still in service with the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary (Civil Air Patrol) for search and rescue. A Royal New Zealand Air Force Beaver supported Sir Edmund Hillary's expedition to the South Pole. Over 1,600 Beavers were produced until 1967 when the original line shut down.

Below is a partial list of airframes that survived military service.

51-6263  (D-15)
52-6087  (D-16)
53-2801  (A-13)
53-7888  (A-16)
  54-1677  (?-10)
55-0682  (?-16)
56-0367  (D-16)
57-6142  (?-16)
  58-2062  (D-16)
58-1997  (D-09)
60-3528  (?-16)

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