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    Airframe Family: Beech 50 Twin Bonanza / L-23/U-8/U-21 Seminole
    Latest Model:RU-8D Seminole
    Last Military Serial:58-1359 US
    Construction Number:LH-186
    Compressed ID:Beech RU-8D sn 58-1359 US cn LH-186...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a RL-23D-BH by Beech at Whichita, Kansas, USA.

    Circa February 1959

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 58-1359.

    Used to test SLAR pod for OV-2 Mohawk in Europe.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as RU-8D.

    By December 1982

    To United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, AL.
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    18 March 1992

    Was in the museum storage yard but is now at a road junction within the base.
    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    14 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: In the Storage yard

    14 September 2003


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: In the Storage yard

    By 2013

    Displayed on three brick pillars at Ft. Rucker but away from the museum.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials 1909 to 1979 by John M. Andrade
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Flickr
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Robert Nichols
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