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    Airframe Family: Boeing B377 / C-97 Stratofreighter
    Latest Model:KC-97G-21-BO Stratofreighter
    Last Military Serial:52-0833 USAF
    Construction Number:16527
    Last Civil Registration:N4547W
    Compressed ID:Boeing KC-97G-21-BO sn 52-0833 USAF...
    Latest Owner or Location:Aviation Warehouse, El Mirage Field, Adelanto, California

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a C-97G.

    Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 52-0833.

    11 January 1978

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC) with inventory number CH0608.

    10 October 1979


    Photographer: Richard Vandervord
    Notes: KC-97L ex 191st ARS, Utah ANG, MASDC Davis Monthan AFB

    To unknown owner with c/r N4547W.

    By 1997

    To Darkhorse Group Military Aviation Museum, Long Beach AP, CA.
    Only the nose section survived here.

    25 April 2011

    Civil registration, N4547W, cancelled.

    Constructed as a KC-97G-21-BO by Boeing at Seattle, Washington, USA.

    To Aviation Warehouse, El Mirage Field, Adelanto, CA.
    Only the cockpit section survives here.
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    5 September 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
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     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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     Mike Henniger
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