BEECHCRAFT T-34 MENTOR

T-34 SERVICE

Manufacturer: Beech Aircraft Corp., Wichita, Kansas, USA
(In 1980, became Beech Aircraft Corp., Raytheon Company, Wichita, Kansas, USA)
Model: Model 45 (Developed from the civil V-tail Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza)
Designation: T-34
Names: Mentor; Turbo-Mentor (T-34C)
First official flight: (Model 45) 02/12/1948
(YT-34) 05/1950
Factory production period: 1948 - 1958
1975 - 1990
Primary service period: 1954 - 1960 (USAF)
1954 - 1990's (US Navy)
Last official flight: (T-34C) ?

T-34 VARIANTS

1948 Model 45 Model 45 3  
1950 Model 45 YT-34 3 Total: 0006
         
1953 Model A-45 T-34A 440  
1953 Model B-45 Model B-45 318  
1954 Model D-45 T-34B 423 Total: 1181
         
1975 Model 45 T-34C 352  
1977 Model 45 T-34C-1 98 Total: 0450

Grand Total: 1637
1954 Foreign built - Canada:
Model A-45 		T-34A 125 Total: 0125
1954 Foreign built - Japan:
Model B-45 		T-34A 161 Total: 0161

Grand Total: 0286

GRAND TOTAL: 1923

T-34 PRODUCTION

Model 45
Prototype single-engined, 2-seater
basic trainer for military evaluation.
Produced 1948
Beechcraft Wichita, Kansas

N8591A (civil reg.) G-1    
N8592A (civil reg.) G-2    
? G-3 3 Total: 0003

YT-34
As Model 45, prototypes for USAF.
Produced 1949 - 1950
Beechcraft Wichita, Kansas (BH)

50-735 / 50-737 G-4 / 6 3 Total: 0003

T-34A
As YT-34, minor changes.
Produced 1953 - 1956
Beechcraft Wichita, Kansas (BH)

52-7626 / 52-7685 G-7 / 66    
53-3306 / 53-3395 G-67 / 156    
53-4157 / 53-4206 G-257 / 306    
55-140 / 55-289 G-697 / 846 350  
(Argentina) E-001 / E-015 CG-165 / 179 15  

Foreign assembled - Argentina:
Fabrica Militar de Aviones, Cordoba, Argentina

(Argentina) E-016 / E-035 CG-180 / 199    
(Argentina) E-036 / E-090 CG-224 / 278 90 Total: 0440

Model B-45
As T-34A, military export
commercial version.
Produced 1953 - 1958
Beechcraft Wichita, Kansas

(Chile) 101 / 166 ? 66  
(Colombia) 301 / 342 ? 42  
(Venezuela) MR-25, MR-26 CG-286, CG-287    
(Venezuela) MR-27 / MR-30 CG-296 / CG-299 6  
Unaccounted: 204 Total: 0318

T-34B
As T-34A, version for US Navy,
engine upgrade.
Produced 1954 - 1957
Beechcraft Wichita, Kansas (BH)

BuNo.140667 / 140956 BG-1 / 290    
BuNo.143984 / 144116 BG-291 / 423 423 Total: 0423

T-34C Turbo-Mentor
As YT-34C, structural changes.
Produced 1975 - 1984, 1989 - 1990
Beechcraft Wichita, Kansas (BH)

BuNo.160265 / 160282 GL-1 / 18    
BuNo.160462 / 160536 GL-19 / 93    
BuNo.160629 / 160651 GL-94 / 116    
BuNo.160931 / 160963 GL-117 / 149    
BuNo.161023 / 161056 GL-151 / 184    
BuNo.161790 / 161849 GL-185 / 244    
BuNo.162247 / 162306 GL-245 / 304    
BuNo.162620 / 162649 GL-305 / 334    
BuNo.164155 / 164173 GL-335 / 353 352 Total: 0352

T-34C-1 Turbo-Mentor
As T-34C, armed export version,
engine upgrade. C/n's: GM-1 / 98.
Produced 1977 - 1984
Beechcraft Wichita, Kansas

Beech Co. Demonstrators GM-1, 78 2  
(Algeria) 7T-WPD / E / F / H / J / K
- c/n later redesignated GP-1 / 6.		 GM-72 / 77 6  
(Argentina) 0719 / 0722 GM-41 / 44    
(Argentina) 0723 / 0726 GM-49 / 52    
(Argentina) 0727 / 0733 GM-65 / 71 15  
(Ecuador) 0014 ?    
(Ecuador) 0018 / 0030 ?    
(Ecuador) ANE-223 / ANE-225 GM-80, ?, 81 17  
(France) F-SEXE GM-14 1  
(Gabon) TR-KFS / TR-KFV GM-85 / 88 4  
(Indonesia) B401 / B404 GM-45 / 48    
(Indonesia) B405 / B416 GM-53 / 64 16  
(Indonesia) ? ? +9  
(Morocco) CN-ATA-01 / CN-ATL-12 GM-2 / 13 12  
(Peru) AI-510 / AI-516 ? 7  
(Uruguay) A-270 / A-272 GM-82 / 84 3  
Unaccounted: 6 Total: 0098

 

Grand Total: 1637

Foreign built - Canada:
 T-34A
Canadian built version of T-34A,
76 to USAF, 24 to RCAF. 24 to
Turkey and 1 to Greece under MAP.
Produced 1954 - 1955
Canadian Car & Foundry Co.,
Fort William, Ontario, Canada (CCF)

52-8253 / 52-8255 CCF34-1 / 3    
52-8256 / 52-8286 CCF34-29 / 59    
53-4091 / 53-4156 CCF34-60 / 125 100  
(RCAF) 24201 / 24225 CCF34-4 / 28 25 Total: 0125

Foreign built - Japan:
 T-34A
Japanese built version of T-34A.
Produced 1954 - 1957
Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd., Utsunomiya City, Japan

(JASDF) 41-0311 / 41-0326 KD-1 / 16    
(JASDF) 51-0327 / 51-0360 KD-17 / 50    
(JASDF) 51-0361 / 51-0387 FM-1 / 27    
(JASDF) 61-0388 / 61-0413 FM-28 / 53    
(JASDF) 71-0414 / 71-0435 FM-54 / 75 125  
(The Philippines) ? ? 36 Total: 0161

 

Grand Total: 0286

T-34 CONVERSIONS

US Navy

YT-34C

2

T-34B(140784, 140861), 1973, turboprop engine upgrade.
NT-34C

1

 T-34C, permanent conversion for tests.

FOREIGN MILITARY / CIVILIAN SERVICE
 - The T-34 served with the military forces of Algeria, Argentina, Canada,
   Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France, Gabon,
   Greece, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, The Philippines, Portugal,
   Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, Uruguay and Venezuela.
 - AT-34 Allison Turbine Mentor, 1987, prototype Allison turboprop upgrade.
 - Many sold on the civil market as private aircraft, warbirds etc.