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    Airframe Family: Douglas DC-7 Seven Seas / C-74 Globemaster I / C-124 Globemaster II
    Latest Model:C-124C Globemaster II
    Last Military Serial:52-1068 USAF
    Construction Number:43977
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-124C sn 52-1068 USAF cn 4...
    Latest Owner or Location:Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC)

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-124C by Douglas at Long Beach, CA, USA.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-1068.

    19 June 1955

    Transferred to 40th Air Transport Squadron (Heavy), Dover AFB, DE.

    By 30 June 1955

    Transferred to 6606th Air Base Group, Goose Bay AB, Labrador.

    Transferred to 40th Air Transport Squadron (Heavy), Dover AFB, DE.

    Transferred to 20th Air Transport Squadron (Heavy), Dover AFB, DE.

    Transferred to 40th Air Transport Squadron (Heavy), Dover AFB, DE.

    Transferred to 1607th Field Maintenance Squadron, Dover AFB, DE.

    Transferred to 1607th Air Transport Wing (Heavy), Dover AFB, DE.

    8 February 1962

    Transferred to 1608th Air Transport Wing (Heavy), Charleston AFB, SC.

    By October 1968

    Transferred to 437th Military Airlift Wing (MAW), Charleston AFB, SC.
    Operated with markings: MAC, 437th MAW, MILITARY AIRLIFT COMMAND

    Circa October 1968


    Photographer: Unknown

    By May 1969

    Transferred to 61st Military Airlift Wing (MAW), Hickam AFB, HI.

    5 May 1969

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC).

    11 June 1969

    Declared surplus.

    After 11 June 1969

    Scrapped.
    Scrapped at MASDC.
    Credits
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    The AMARC Experience
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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