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    Airframe Family: Cessna 310 / 320 / L-27/U-3 Blue Canoe
    Latest Model:U-3A Blue Canoe
    Last Military Serial:58-2111 USAF
    Construction Number:38085
    Latest Owner or Location:Selfridge Military Air Museum, Selfridge ANGB, Mount Clemens, Michigan

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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 58-2111.

    18 September 1962

    Redesignated as U-3A.

    9 April 1971

    Withdrawn from use.

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Loaned to Mi Ang (Selfridge Angb), 127 MXG/CC, Selfridge Angb, MI.

    1983

    Placed on display with Selfridge Military Air Museum, Selfridge ANGB, Mount Clemens, MI.
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    8 May 2010


    Photographer: John Bennett
    Notes: Taken at Selfridge ANGB, MI, USA
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2013 by Andy Marden
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     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     John Bennett
    Glenn Chatfield
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