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    Airframe Family: Lockheed L-80/P-80/T-33/TO/TV Shooting Star / T2V Sea Star / CT-133 Silver Star / F-94 Starfire
    Latest Model:T-33A-5-LO
    Last Military Serial:53-5948 USAF
    Construction Number:580-9424
    Last Civil Registration:N62519
    Compressed ID:Lockheed T-33A-5-LO sn 53-5948 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wurtsmith Air Museum, Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport (formerly Wurtsmith AFB), Oscoda, Michigan

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a T-33A-5-LO by Lockheed at Burbank, California, USA.

    27 September 1955

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-5948.

    September 1955

    Transferred to 157th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (ANG), Congaree Airport SC.

    October 1961

    Transferred to 122nd Fighter-Interceptor Squadron (ANG), New Orleans, LA.

    January 1963

    Transferred to 159th Fighter Group (ANG), New Orleans, LA.
    Made a deployment to Shaw AFB, SC.

    March 1971

    Transferred to Tactical Reconnaissance Group (ANG), Selfridge ANGB, MI.

    June 1972

    Transferred to 191st Fighter-Interceptor Group (ANG), Selfridge ANGB, MI.
    Made a deployment to Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.

    March 1973

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    12 June 1973

    To Southwestern Michigan College, Dowagiac, MI with new c/r N62519.

    12 September 1996

    To Yankee Air Museum, Belleview, MI keeping c/r N62519.
    Federal Surplus to Yankee Air Force. Acquisition Value $147,810. Fair Market Value$34,440.

    September 1997

    Transported by ground.
    Aircraft was disassembled and brought to the Yankee Air Museum on a flat-bed trailer.

    September 1997

    In the inventory of Yankee Air Museum, Detroit Willow Run Airport (YIP) (East Side), Ypsilanti, MI.
    View the Location Dossier

    By September 2000

    To Wurtsmith Air Museum, Oscoda-Wurtsmith Airport (formerly Wurtsmith AFB), Oscoda, MI.
    View the Location Dossier

    13 October 2001

    To unknown owner with c/r N62519.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Belleville, MI.

    11 February 2013

    To unknown owner with c/r N62519.
    Sale reported to a new owner in Belleville, MI.
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    unreviewed imported data.
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
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    Peter Nicholson
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