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    Airframe Family: Cessna 310 / 320 / L-27/U-3 Blue Canoe
    Latest Model:U-3A Blue Canoe
    Last Military Serial:58-2166 US
    Construction Number:38140
    Last Civil Registration:N88SM
    Compressed ID:Cessna U-3A sn 58-2166 US cn 38140...
    Latest Owner or Location:Oklahoma National Guard Museum, Forest City, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a L-27A-CE by Cessna at Wichita, KS, USA.

    Circa 1958

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 58-2166.

    Circa 1960

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 58-2166.

    September 1962

    Redesignated as U-3A.

    8 April 1971

    Transferred to the Military Aircraft Storage and Disposal Center (MASDC).

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army with s/n 58-2166.

    By April 1976

    Transferred to Virginia Army National Guard, Byrd Field, VA.

    To unknown owner with c/r N88SM.

    By June 1993

    Placed on display with 45th Infantry Division Museum, Forest City, Oklahoma City, OK.
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    16 September 1995


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    4 April 2009


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    8 July 2010


    Photographer: Jay Curtiss

    11 March 2013

    Civil registration, N88SM, cancelled.

    4 May 2024


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Oklahoma City - 45th Infantry Museum, OK, USA

    To Oklahoma National Guard Museum, Forest City, Oklahoma City, OK.
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    Print Sources
     U.S. Army Aircraft Since 1947 by Stephen Harding GC
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2022 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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