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    Airframe Family: Boeing B377 / C-97 Stratofreighter
    Latest Model:C-97K Stratofreighter
    Last Military Serial:52-2624 USAF
    Construction Number:16655
    Compressed ID:Boeing C-97K sn 52-2624 USAF cn 166...
    Latest Owner or Location:Florence Air and Missile Museum, Florence, South Carolina

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    Event

    Constructed as a KC-97G-24-BO by Boeing at Seattle, Washington, USA.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-2624.

    Converted to a C-97K.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-2624.

    From Unknown to 1997

    To Florence Air and Missile Museum, Florence, SC.
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    27 May 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    27 May 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    27 May 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    27 May 1991


    Photographer: Robert Nichols

    June 2004

    Noted at Florence Airport.

    Graham Kelley comments (21 February 2023): Many aircraft were sent to the NC Air Museum, Charlotte International Airport, now Sullenburger Museum. There was a forward fuselage section/cockpit on a flatbed trailer. Not sure if this came from this bird.
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