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de Havilland Canada L-20A Beaver 53-2813 (MSN 610/1356) delivered on the 25 of February '54.
To civil registry as C-GSZA (Kabeelo Airways, ON). Left wing struck trees during takeoff from Confederation Lake on the 22nd of June '79.
Repaired. Water looped and sank on landing, Jubilee Lake, On the 13 of July '91.
Rebuilt again.
Still current.

 

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Fairchild C-119G Flying Boxcar 53-3213 (MSN 11229) converted to C-119J standard in 1954 (first such conversion), officially designated as such sometime after Jun 1957.
To MASDC as CJ056 on the 31st of August '60.

 

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Beech T-34A Mentor 53-3313 (MSN G.74) owned by Paul Peters and flying as N34EP.

 

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Convair T-29D 53-3513 (MSN 52-59) converted to ET-29D for calibration duties with FAA. To MASDC as TB015 on the 17th of May '74.
To Southwestern Alloys Corp on the 4th of October '78, broken up.

 

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de Havilland Canada L-20A Beaver 53-3713 (MSN 666/1399) delivered in June '54.

 

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Martin B-57B-MA 53-3913 lost in ground explosion at Bien Hoa AB on the 16th of May '65.

 

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Boeing B-47E-130-BW Stratojet 53-4213 Taken on strength on the 12th of March '56 and assigned to the 308th Bombardment Wing (Medium) (SAC), Hunter AFB, GA. It was later assigned to the 98th Bombardment Wing (Medium) (SAC), Lincoln AFB, NE, from which it made its last flight on the 7th of December '65. The plane landed at the Wichita Airport and was turned over to the Mayor. After sitting for over a year at the airport, in December '69 it was mounted on a concrete pole on the west side of town. On the 16th of March '88 the plane was transferred to McConnell AFB, KS, in the charge of the 184th Bomb Wing. They did some basic restoration and then mounted the plane on short pedestals on the base. In July '99 the plane was removed from the pedestals and taken to a hangar for a thorough restoration, and then in October it was moved to a new position next to a KC-135 in the McConnell Air Park on Rock Road.

 

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Sikorsky H-19B Chickasaw 53-4413 (MSN 55749) delivered to USAF on the 28th of July '54.

 

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Piper L-18C Super Cub 53-4713 (MSN 18-3113) To Belgian AF as L39 taken on charge in March '54.
Transferred to Belgian Army on the 1st of April '54 as L39.
Re-registered in '63 as OL-L39.
SOC in Feb '68.
To D-ENKC in May '68, wfu in January '72.
Fuselage used in rebuild of OY-DRY [52-8384].
Piper L-18C Super Cub 53-4813 (MSN 18-3213) to Belgian Army in '54 as L139 and stored.
Taken on charge in January '59.
Re-registered in '63 as OL-L10.
SOC in May '69.
Became LN-UXC on the 8th of February '71.
Crashed on the 18th of January '75, cancelled on the 3rd of April '79.
Restored as LN-UXC on the 1st of July '01, current.
Stored at Nododden, Norway

 

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Lockheed T-33A-1-LO 53-4913 (57th FIS) to MASDC in April '61.
SOC for spares recovery on the 15th of November '61.

 

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Lockheed T-33A-1-LO 53-5213 (7039th CSW) SOC at Ramstein AB, West Germany for spares recovery on the 19th of November '65.

 

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Lockheed T-33A-1-LO 53-5413 (MSN 580-8752) on display outside at Happy Valley, Goosebay, NF.

 

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Lockheed RT-33A-1-LO 53-5613 MSN 580-8952. for FMS. To Turkish AF in April '55. Later to Italian AF, first as 1-95 and then 51-77.

 

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Lockheed T-33A-1-LO 53-5913 to MASDC as TC660 on the 16th of November '65.

 

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Boeing B-47E-135-BW Stratojet 53-6213 to MASDC on the 18th of October '65.

 

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Republic F-84F-61-RE Thunderstreak 53-6613 MAP to Belgian AF in October '56 as FU-145.
SOC in February '71.
Stored Koksijde, later as decoy at Kleine Brogen.
Preserved at Kleine Brogel.
Republic F-84F-61-RE Thunderstreak 53-6713 to Italian AF.

 

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Republic F-84F-66-RE Thunderstreak 53-6813 to Italian AF.

 

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Republic F-84F-71-RE Thunderstreak 53-6913 to Belgium as FU-173.
Broken up at Koksijde.

 

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Republic F-84F-76-RE Thunderstreak 53-7013 to Luftwaffe as DC+231, DB+331.
To Turkey.

 

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Republic F-84F-81-RE Thunderstreak 53-7113 to Luftwaffe as DA+256, DF+256, DF+323.
To Turkey.
Republic F-84F-81-RE Thunderstreak 53-7213 to Luftwaffe as DB+108, DB+308.
To Turkey