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    Airframe Family: Republic F-105
    Latest Model:F-105D-10-RE Thunderchief
    Last Military Serial:60-0504 USAF
    Construction Number:D192
    Compressed ID:Republic F-105D-10-RE sn 60-0504 US...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    1961

    Constructed as a F-105D-10-RE by Republic at Farmindale, New York, USA.

    October 1961

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 60-0504.

    October 1961

    Transferred to 23rd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 36th Tactical Fighter Wing, Bitburg AB, Germany.

    Circa 1964

    Transferred to 4th Tactical Fighter Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, NC.

    March 1967

    Transferred to 333rd TFS, 355th TFW, Takhli RTAB, Thailand.

    Markings Applied: Memphis Belle II, RU

    28 April 1967

    Credited with shooting down a MiG-17 over North Vietnam.

    30 April 1967

    Credited with shooting down a MiG-17 over North Vietnam.

    From 1968 to 1970

    Transferred to 357th TFS, 355th TFW, Takhli RTAB, Thailand.

    1970

    Transferred to 127th TFS (ANG), 184th Tactical Fighter Group, McConnell AFB, KS.

    From 1976 to 1981

    Transferred to 121st TFS (ANG), 113rd TFW, Andrews AFB, MD.

    12 June 1981

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number FK0044.
    5,934.6 flying hours.

    7 April 1990

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    July 1991

    Placed on display.

    Markings Applied: Memphis Belle II, RU
    Marked as when credited with MiG-17 kills.

    6 May 2008


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    February 2013


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    February 2013


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    7 December 2022


    Photographer: Austin Newman
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    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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