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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:HU-16E Albatross
    Last Military Serial:7209 USCG
    Construction Number:G-282
    Compressed ID:Grumman HU-16E sn 7209 USCG cn G-28...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan, CA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an UF-1G.

    15 July 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 51-7209.
    The delivery date is provided.

    Transferred to 1707th Training Squadron (MATS), Palm Beach, FL.

    April 1959

    Transferred to Brookley AFB, AL.

    1960

    Assigned to Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ for storage.

    1962

    Redesignated as HU-16E.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Coast Guard with s/n 7209.

    Transferred to CG Station Port Angelus, WA.

    August 1975

    Transferred to CG Station Corpus Christi, TX.

    March 1978

    Transferred to CG Station Traverse City, MI.

    28 March 1978

    Placed on display with Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan AFB (formerly), Sacramento, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    October 1978

    Ferry flight.
    Flown to Luke AFB for display.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Luke Air Force Base Airpark, Luke AFB, Phoenix, AZ.
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    Markings Applied: 10047

    28 March 1988

    Transported by air.
    Moved from Luke AFB to McClellan AFB in a Lockheed C-5 Galaxy.

    Loaned to Aerospace Museum of California, McClellan, CA.

    Restored.
    The work was carried out by the Coast Guard station at McClellan AFB in Coast Guard markings.

    26 May 2007


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: Missing ruder and titles at McClellan AFB, CA

    11 September 2010


    Photographer: Mike Henniger

    31 August 2014


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Aerospace Museum of California, Sacramento, CA.

    31 August 2014


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Aerospace Museum of California, Sacramento, CA.

    30 September 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at McClellan, CA, U.S.A.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Aerospace Museum of California
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
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