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By July 1945 |
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Constructed as a C-54D-10-DC by Douglas at Chicago, IL. |
16 July 1945 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-72724. |
July 1945 |
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Transferred to 12th Air Force, Mediterranean Theater of Operations.
Ferried via Memphis, Tennessee; Nashville, Tennessee; Newark, New Jersey, and Bangor, ME. |
March 1946 |
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Transferred to 4112th AAF Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Olmstead AAF, PA. |
May 1946 |
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Transferred to 554th AAF Base Unit (Air Transport Command), Memphis, TN. |
July 1946 |
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Loaned to Goodyear, Akron, OH.
Bailment contract. |
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Deployments to Patterson AAF, later Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, from Goodyear. |
18 September 1947 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 42-72724. |
February 1949 |
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Transferred to 2750th Air Base Group (Air Materiel Comand), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. |
October 1949 |
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Converted to an EC-54D. |
October 1949 |
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Transferred to 2750th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
Unit name changed. |
March 1951 |
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Loaned to Oakland, CA.
Bailment Contract. |
June 1953 |
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Transferred to Wright Air Development Center (Air Research and Development Command), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. |
1 December 1954 |
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Loaned to Lockheed Aircraft, Burbank, CA. |
March 1955 |
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Transferred to San Bernardino Air Materiel Area, Norton AFB, CA. |
July 1955 |
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Transferred to Wright Air Development Center (ARDC), Wright-Patterson AFB, OH. |
December 1955 |
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Converted to a JC-54D. |
December 1955 |
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Deployment to Nellis AFB, NV. |
October 1965 |
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Transferred to 809th Combat Support Group (SAC), Frances E. Warren AFB, WY. |
May 1967 |
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Converted to a C-54D. |
May 1967 |
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Deployment to Ellsworth AFB, SD. |
July 1968 |
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Transferred to 100th Strategic Wing (SAC), Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. |
December 1969 |
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Transferred to 3902nd Air Base Wing (SAC), Offutt AFB, NE. |
January 1970 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force. |
January 1970 |
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To Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE.
 View the Location Dossier |
1971 |
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To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
View the Location Dossier |
1971 |
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Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE. |
16 September 1983 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: 35mm slide photographed at Offutt AFB |
1997 |
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Loaned to Strategic Air Command Museum, Ashland, NE.
Moved to new facility while under construction. |
16 May 1998 |
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Placed on display with Strategic Air Command Museum, Ashland, NE. |
2001 |
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To Strategic Air and Space Museum, Ashland, NE.
Museum changed name.
View the Location Dossier |
28 April 2011 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Stored behind the museum waiting restoration |
28 April 2011 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: Stored behind the museum waiting restoration |
22 June 2015 |
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To Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum, Ashland, NE.
Museum name changed.
View the Location Dossier |
By August 2017 |
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Restored. |
9 August 2017 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
9 August 2017 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
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