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    Airframe Family: de Havilland Canada DHC-3/U-1/CSR-123 Otter
    Latest Model:U-1A Otter
    Last Military Serial:57-6135 US
    Construction Number:283
    Compressed ID:de Havilland Canada U-1A sn 57-6135...
    Latest Owner or Location:United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, Alabama

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as an U-1A.

    29 August 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 57-6135.

    Circa September 1958

    Transferred to 2nd Missile Command, Fort Hood, TX.

    January 1962

    Transferred to Atlanta Army Depot, GA.

    March 1962

    Transferred to 57th Aviation Company, Fort Sill, OK.

    October 1963

    Transferred to Aviation Section, Fort Ord, CA.

    November 1963

    Transferred to 17th Aviation Company, Fort Ord, CA.

    June 1964

    Transferred to Otter Transition School, Fort Ord, CA.

    March 1971


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: Although the history found shows this plane assigned to Ft. Bragg in May 1971, this photo shows it there two months earlier. Taken with an Instamatic 126 camera, the C-47 was the center of focus. I cropped the photo to show the Otter. Between the type camera used, and the cropping, the quality is poor. But it does show the aircraft there in March.

    May 1971

    Transferred to Fort Bragg, NC.
    Operational Support Airlift aircraft.

    June 1972

    Transferred to Golden Knights Parachute Team, Fort Bragg, NC.

    12 May 1981

    Assigned to United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, AL for storage.
    Stored at Guthried AAF.

    One of the last two Otters in US Army Service.

    12 May 1981

    In the inventory of United States Army Aviation Museum, Fort Rucker, Enterprise, AL.
    View the Location Dossier

    Circa 1993

    Placed on display.

    22 December 2004


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     DHC-3archive.com
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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