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    Airframe Family: Douglas C-133 Cargomaster
    Latest Model:C-133A-25-DL Cargomaster
    Last Military Serial:56-2009 USAF
    Construction Number:45246
    Compressed ID:Douglas C-133A-25-DL sn 56-2009 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Chanute Air Museum, Chanute AFB (formerly), Rantoul, Illinois

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    Dates

    Event

    November 1958

    Constructed as a C-133A-25-DL by Douglas at Long Beach, CA, USA.

    8 November 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 56-2009.

    November 1958

    Transferred to 1607th Air Transport Wing (Heavy), Military Air Transport Service, Dover AFB, DE.

    8 January 1966

    Transferred to 436th Military Airlift Wing, Military Airlift Command, Dover AFB, DE.
    Reorganization which included 1607th ATW.

    17 April 1971

    Transferred to Chanute Technical Training Center, Chanute AFB, Rantoul, IL.
    Retired to Chanute--training aircraft in maintenance programs and firefighter training.

    June 1977

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
    Remained on display at Chanute AFB Air Park.
    View the Location Dossier

    1993

    Loaned to Chanute Air Museum, Chanute AFB (formerly), Rantoul, IL.
    View the Location Dossier

    3 August 2005


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    20 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    20 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    31 October 2015

    Chanute Museum closed.

    25 September 2017

    For sale at auction by Government Liquidation at Rantoul.

    From 2017 to After May 2019

    Scrapped.
    Dismantled but still there in pieces in May 2019.
    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 2019/2020 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     National Museum of the United States Air Force
    The C-133 Project
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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