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    Airframe Family: Grumman G-111/SA-16/HU-16/UF Albatross
    Latest Model:HU-16B Albatross
    Last Military Serial:AD.1B-8 EdA
    Construction Number:G-187
    Compressed ID:Grumman HU-16B sn AD.1B-8 EdA cn G-...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museo Del Aire (Air Museum), Cuatro Vientos, Madrid, Madrid

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    Dates

    Event

    Circa 1951

    Constructed as a SA-16A with s/n 51-5304 USAF.

    Converted.

    1962

    Redesignated as HU-16B.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ejercito de Aire with s/n AD.1B-8.

    By May 1979

    To Museo Del Aire (Air Museum), Cuatro Vientos, Madrid, Madrid.
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    2006


    Photographer: Andy West

    Markings Applied: D.1B-8, 51-5304, SAR

    2 March 2019


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Cuatro Vientos, Spain
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Military Out of Service 2007 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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