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    Airframe Family: Boeing B377 / C-97 Stratofreighter
    Latest Model:KC-97L Stratofreighter
    Last Military Serial:TK.1-3 EdA
    Construction Number:16971
    Latest Owner or Location:Museo Del Aire (Air Museum), Cuatro Vientos Air Base, Madrid, Madrid

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a 377.

    Circa 1953

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 53-0189.

    10 December 1965

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

    29 June 1971

    To Hayes Aircraft.

    Converted to a KC-97L.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Ejercito de Aire with s/n TK.1-3.

    Markings Applied: 123-03

    19 August 1986

    Placed on display with Museo Del Aire (Air Museum), Cuatro Vientos Air Base, Madrid, Madrid.
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    2006


    Photographer: Andy West
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     European Military Out of Service 2018 by Otger van der Kooij and Andy Marden
    MASDC (1983 Aviation Press ISBN 0 907898 02 8) by Peter Blanchard, Philip Chinnery and Martyn Swann
    Internet Sources
     Airbus, Boeing, Convair and Douglas Production List
    Scramble of the Dutch Aviation Society
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
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