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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-49/L-649/L-749/L-1049/L-1649/C-69 Constellation / C-121 Super Constellation / WV Warning Star / Starliner
    Latest Model:EC-121K Warning Star
    Last Military Serial:141311 USN
    Construction Number:4435
    Compressed ID:Lockheed EC-121K sn 141311 USN cn 4...
    Latest Owner or Location:Michigan Flight Museum, Detroit Willow Run Airport (YIP) (East Side), Ypsilanti, Michigan

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    Dates

    Event

    1956

    Constructed as a WV-2.

    August 1956

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Navy with BuNo 141311.

    August 1961

    Transferred to Pacific Missile Range, Point Mugu.

    November 1962

    Redesignated as EC-121K.

    March 1974

    John R. Pitman LCDR USN Retired reports: 141311 was on Guam in March 1974 when I was in VRF-31. I flew the right seat on it coming out of VQ-1 to Davis-Monthan and DOD storage. We flew to Midway to check to see why the oil tank would not transfer oil. One of the engines were sucking up more than it should have. We filled the tank and pressed on for DM. This was the last Connie on Guam at the time.

    7 May 1979

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number 5C0107.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    4 June 1983

    Ferry flight. Delivered to Chanute AFB, Rantoul, IL.

    4 June 1983

    Aircraft arrived at Chanute AFB with #2 engine shut down and prop feathered. Aircraft was then placed on display.

    1994

    Loaned to Chanute Air Museum, Chanute AFB (formerly), Rantoul, IL.
    Chanute AFB closed in 1993, and the aircraft passed to the new museum.
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    19 September 1995


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    From 2000 to 2005

    Restored.
    Aircraft restored to U.S. Navy midnight blue color scheme.

    3 August 2005


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    3 August 2005


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    3 August 2005


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    20 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    31 October 2015

    Chanute Aerospace Museum closed.

    March 2016

    To Yankee Air Museum, Detroit Willow Run Airport (YIP) (East Side), Ypsilanti, MI.
    Remained at Chanute.
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    July 2017

    Transported by ground.
    Transported by trucks, arrived Yankee Air Museum.

    To Michigan Flight Museum, Detroit Willow Run Airport (YIP) (East Side), Ypsilanti, MI.
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Ralph M. Pettersens Constellation Survivors Website by Ralph M. Pettersen
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
    Tim Nickell
    John R Pitman LCDR USN Ret
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